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Shedd Aquarium. Shedd Aquarium (formally the John G. Shedd Aquarium) is an indoor public aquarium in Chicago. Opened on May 30, 1930, the 5 million US gal (19,000,000 L; 4,200,000 imp gal) aquarium holds about 32,000 animals and is the third largest aquarium in the Western Hemisphere, after the Georgia Aquarium and Monterey Bay Aquarium. [2]
Added to NRHP. September 5, 1975. The Field Museum of Natural History (FMNH), also known as The Field Museum, is a natural history museum in Chicago, Illinois, and is one of the largest such museums in the world. [4] The museum is popular for the size and quality of its educational and scientific programs, [5][6] and its extensive scientific ...
Video of the whale shark tank which also includes many other species. The aquarium was designed around a 6.3 million US gallon (24,000 m3) whale shark exhibit, [6] making it the first institution outside of Asia that houses the giant species. [6] The whale sharks' importation from Taiwan (by air, truck, and boat) had never been attempted ...
Good afternoon, Chicago. Former U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch will lead a sweeping review of Northwestern University and its beleaguered athletics department, university leaders announced ...
"I have video evidence," the star tells PEOPLE of the day he corralled his family into the music studio. John Legend Reveals How He 'Wrangled' Wife Chrissy Teigen and Their Older Kids to Sing on ...
Lincoln Park Zoo, also known as Lincoln Park Zoological Gardens, is a 35-acre (14 ha) zoo in Lincoln Park, Chicago, Illinois. The zoo was founded in 1868 and is the second oldest zoo in the United States. It is also one of a small number of zoos to offer free admission. [ 6 ] The zoo is an accredited member of the Association of Zoos and ...
Bubba was left in a bucket at the aquarium's doorstep in 1987 by an anonymous donor with a note asking for him to get a good home; at the time, he was a female and about 25 cm (10 in) long. Bubba changed sex to male (being a protogynous hermaphrodite ) in the mid-1990s [2] and eventually grew to 154 lb while living in the aquarium's "Wild Reef ...
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