Say Hello to Beluga Whale Annik
It’s official. Mauyak’s calf has a name: Annik. It means “blizzard” in the language of the Inuit, the native people of the Canadian Arctic, part...
Stories
Design Your Legendary Starter Pack with 6 Real-World Animals
Trainers, the time is now to pick your starter animals. Will you look for speed, agility or power in your pick? Read on, weigh your options and finalize your selection by visiting them on your next trip to Shedd!
An Inside Look at Shedd
As you watch the sea otters play in the Abbott Oceanarium, how can you tell Cooper from Watson? What's it like to drop everything and rush to Canada to help rescue a stranded beluga whale? Discover yourself with Shedd's stories and updates, sharing everything from new arrivals to animal rescues across the globe!
Shedd-Raised Endangered Turtles Off to Strong Start in Wild
The Blanding’s turtle head-start class of 2019 has left the building. By now, the yearlings raised at Shedd have found hiding places, honed thei...
Fossils at Your Feet
Fossils of small reef invertebrates dot the polished limestone floors of Shedd’s foyer and rotunda. Limestone is a sedimentary rock made of cal...
A Sister Thing: Two New Magellanic Penguin Chicks
Say hi to Calista and Carmen, the two newest additions to our Magellanic penguin colony. The sisters, who hatched in May, spend more and more ti...
5 Reasons to Raise Your Awareness about Sea Otters
Sea otters face increasing threats from climate change, and they’re only an oil spill away from widescale disaster. As goes the health of this s...
Great Lakes, Great Animals: Blanding's Turtle
Blanding’s turtles, Emydoidea blandingii, are medium-sized native chelonians (turtles and tortoises).