Eat Like the Animals
Shedd’s organic gardens brim with colorful native flowers and heirloom edibles. But did you know our horticulturists grow flowers, fruits and veget...
As you watch the sea otters play in the Abbott Oceanarium, how can you tell Yaku from Ellie? 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’s organic gardens brim with colorful native flowers and heirloom edibles. But did you know our horticulturists grow flowers, fruits and veget...
Look for four new faces in the Islands and Lakes gallery: a quartet of western pond turtles. These endangered natives of Washington state are ambas...
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 their h...
On Nickel’s first day in the 90,000-gallon Caribbean Reef habitat on July 22, 2003, she swam among the fishes, ate a hearty meal, found a cozy plac...
A dark, heavy creature with glaring eyes, steel-trap jaws, algae-covered back and long armored tail sits like a rock on the river’s muddy bottom, w...
When animal collections manager Michelle Sattler mentions that she works at Shedd, the first response is, “Oh, where Nickel is.” “She’s quite fa...