William Mullen

When Hernando Cortes and his little band of Spanish conquistadors arrived at the capital of the Aztec empire in 1519, they found a teeming, sophisticated city of 200,000 with treasure,...

Soon there will be winners and losers among the animals that make their home in Lincoln Park's South Pond, the popular 5.2-acre lake where generations of Chicagoans have plied its...

As Americans celebrate the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth on Feb. 12, the Chicago History Museum will kick off a yearlong series of exhibits and events examining the life...

When the frozen blueberry rolled out of a tube near a 42-inch touch-screen computer in the Lincoln Park Zoo's great ape house, a lowland gorilla named Rollie popped the berry...

Six animals featured in the Shedd Aquarium's new stage show were in far different, more desperate circumstances earlier this summer -- incarcerated, unloved and perhaps facing death before year's end....

After decades of studying outer space, the Adler Planetarium has been sucked into the orbit of presidential politics. Republican nominee John McCain criticized Democratic nominee Barack Obama in Tuesday night's...

Passionate about children's literature, Jenny Schwartzberg was surprised when she came to work for the Newberry Library to find how little attention the great research institution had been paying to...

Visitors to a new permanent exhibit at the Museum of Science and Industry reach it by stepping through a slightly eerie sheet of fog that drops from the ceiling to...

Vince Meade felt lucky to have an unobstructed view of Faust the Komodo dragon at the Shedd Aquarium on Thursday. The superstar lizard has been viewed by more than 4...

Vince Meade felt lucky to have an unobstructed view of Faust the Komodo dragon at the Shedd Aquarium on Thursday. The superstar lizard has been viewed by more than 4...