William Mullen

This week, members of the Janus family sat numb in their Niles home, their pain as sharp as it was more than 26 years ago. "It never goes away," said...

The battered stock market has dealt a blow to many Chicago-area museums, zoos and public gardens, shrinking the value of endowment funds that many rely on for annual operating expenses....

Three years after it opened, the McCormick Freedom Museum is closing its doors in Tribune Tower, opting instead to take its lessons in free speech and civic responsibility directly to...

Three years after it opened, the McCormick Freedom Museum is closing its doors in Tribune Tower, opting instead to take its lessons in free speech and civic responsibility directly to...

Despite last year's nose-diving economy, Chicago residents and out-of-town visitors continued to frequent the city's museums at a healthy clip, with attendance declining only by about 1 percent in 2008...

It happens every week in the city's stylish Lincoln Park neighborhood. Hundreds of immigrants arrive, usually still in the same drab coverings they wore just a few days earlier when...

A $7.6 million loss in its endowment fund is pushing Lincoln Park Zoo to cut more than $1 million out of its $21 million annual budget, a move that will...

Generations of scientists from the Morton Arboretum have investigated forest and woodland plants across the globe, bringing back thousands of trees, shrubs and other plants to study and grow on...

An aged lowland gorilla with a beautiful face and a truckload of medical problems died Thursday night at the Brookfield Zoo, where she had lived for years in her own...

An aged lowland gorilla with a beautiful face and a truckload of medical problems died Thursday night at the Brookfield Zoo, where she had lived for years in her own...