Conservationists have scored a victory now that the Shedd Aquarium has hatched a baby Warty Frogfish, the first time it’s believed to have ever happened in an aquarium. The fish is tiny, the size of a ...

In the years before his death in 2017, Granddad, an Australian lungfish, was the oldest zoo animal in Chicago and the longest-lived aquarium fish in the world. He spent more than 80 years of his life ...

Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium said goodbye to their most senior resident on Sunday, Granddad the 90-something Australian lungfish. “The last living link with Shedd’s earliest history was broken Sunday, Feb ...

Four years ago, the Shedd Aquarium and local nonprofit Urban Rivers wanted to breathe new life into the Chicago River, a long relic of the city’s industrial history. The groups installed human-made ...

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Brenna Hernandez, the photographer for Chicago's Shedd Aquarium, shares her favorite shots from 2016 Brenna Hernandez, the photographer for Chicago's Shedd Aquarium, shares her favorite shots from ...

About 50 protected fish that were confiscated from O’Hare Airport in August are now rehabilitating in their new homes at the Shedd Aquarium. The 102 juvenile arapaima were confiscated from O’Hare ...

With the Shedd Aquarium closed to visitors due to the coronavirus outbreak, some of its popular residents embarked on a field trip of sorts. Penguins including "Annie," "Edward" and "Wellington" got ...

Granddad first came to Chicago from Sydney for an International Expo in the city in 1933 Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work has previously ...