Some dinosaurs went vegetarian
It just wouldn't have been the same if the velociraptors in the epic dinosaur movie "Jurassic Park" had been crashing around in the kitchen hunting down a salad bar instead...
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Winter’s longest night offers astronomical gift
A spectacular show could unveil itself in Midwestern skies early Tuesday for those who wait up long enough. Or it could snow. But on the longest night of the year,...
Century-old city, suburban vistas on display
When author Michael Williams got permission 10 years ago to search a little-known photo archive at the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, he was on a hunt for old pictures of...
Surgical Science Museum on Lake Shore Drive begins displaying dissected human bodies
Along Lake Shore Drive's glittering Gold Coast, a handsome sculpture of a physician comforting an ailing man stands in front of an elegant four-story mansion, calling attention to the museum...
Mandarin appearing at city’s attractions amid increase in tourism from China
Mavis Hu, a Shanghai information technology engineer, was hopping across the U.S. on vacation this fall when she stopped in Chicago on a whim and began exploring it with her...
Dog hotel makes room for toughest customers
Last March, Michael Heltzer, owner of one the city's poshest dog hotels, got a call from a veterinary technician in Wisconsin who knew that Heltzer had recently opened a shelter...
No longer pandemic, H1N1 still hangs on in new flu season
With frantic efforts to gird for the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic still etched on the public mind, Illinois health officials have been gearing up weeks earlier than usual to do...
No longer pandemic, H1N1 still hangs on in new flu season
With frantic efforts to gird for the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic still etched on the public mind, Illinois health officials have been gearing up weeks earlier than usual to do...
No elephants in Chicago
For the first time since 1889, there are no elephants in either Chicago zoo. On Wednesday, Brookfield Zoo shipped its lone female, Joyce, to a Six Flags park in New...
It’s getting hot up here
If you think your spring flowers have been blooming a little earlier than they used to, or that corn in Illinois fields seems to reach as high as an elephant's...