William Mullen

The cast of characters for Shedd Aquarium`s planned April 27 public opening of its $43 million Oceanarium grew Thursday night with the arrival of its four Pacific white-sided dolphins. Collected...

John S. Reed, retired chief of the Santa Fe railroad, but still a railroad man to the core, kept his eye on his watch as Chicago`s first whale entered the...

Everything connected with whales is big, it seems, including problems. At midnight Monday, the Shedd Aquarium`s two beluga whales boarded a plane in Seattle, only to run into a monstrous...

It doesn`t quite measure up to Operation Desert Storm, but the logistical planning and secrecy that has gone into bringing a couple of honest-to-gosh whales to Chicago has approached that...

THE TOOTHBRUSH HOLDer. The dust cloth. The doorstop. The shopping cart. There are countless items around us that are so commonplace and obvious in their utility that the idea of...

As the midnight deadline came and went in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 15, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein`s troops were still in Kuwait. TV cameras showed dark windows in the White...

Several minutes before the U.S. publicly acknowledged the attack, Holliman, Arnett and anchor Bernard Shaw already held tens of millions of viewers in thrall with their live descriptions of the...

Two female beluga whales living in Washington state Wednesday were cleared to take up residence in Chicago within the next few months. The way was paved for the whales to...

There is perhaps an element of an alchemist`s magic in the image of pumping corn instead of gasoline into the fuel tank of a car and having the engine start...

IF YOU HAVE A CHOCOLATE bar around the house, pinch your nose and take a bite. It will feel chalky in your mouth, but you certainly won`t taste it. If...