Lake Katherine Butterfly Celebration helps connect cultures
Monarch butterflies took center stage at Lake Katherine Nature Center in Palos Heights, where a...
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Scientists discover a new dinosaur from Argentina with a crocodile bone in its mouth
Scientists have discovered a new dinosaur from Argentina with powerful claws, feasting on an ancient...
Workers at Museum of Science and Industry vote to authorize a strike
Members of the union representing Museum of Science and Industry workers voted to authorize a...
Takeaways from RFK Jr.’s vaccine panel meeting on COVID-19 and childhood vaccines
The panel, which is charged with making vaccine recommendations, declined to recommend COVID-19 vaccines, saying...
Robert F. Kennedy’s vaccine advisers change COVID shot guidance, calling them an individual choice
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s new vaccine advisers added confusion Friday to this fall’s...
Where are the hurricanes this season? The Atlantic remains quiet.
Not a single named storm has formed in the Atlantic Ocean in nearly three weeks,...
Jane Goodall returns to Chicago, where she pivoted from studying chimpanzees to conservation efforts 40 years ago
The Lincoln Park Zoo brought the 91-year-old conservation activist back to the city this weekend,...
Researchers solve decades-old color mystery in iconic Jackson Pollock painting, ‘Number 1A, 1948’
Scientists have identified the origins of the blue color in Jackson Pollock’s “Number 1A, 1948,”...
RFK Jr.’s vaccine committee plans to vote on COVID-19, hepatitis B and chickenpox shots
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s new vaccine advisory committee meets this week, with votes...
Pollen season is lasting longer, worsening allergies and altering pollinators
Pollen has concentrated in the city over the past three weeks, mostly from ragweed. Wednesday...