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Last week brought a huge new addition to Chicago’s historic Shedd Aquarium: a baby Beluga whale. Born to the aquarium’s female Beluga, Naya, the new calf and its mother are receiving round-the ...
The area includes 419 acres (170 ha) of water in Wolf Lake that provides about 6 miles (10 km) of shoreline to fishermen. [1] The park hosts about half a million visitors annually. [2] The park contains numerous species, and is one of the most important biological sites in the Chicago region.
Chris St. Lawrence was in class at New York University when the 3:45 p.m. alert came through that the whale had kicked its flukes above the surface just below the Brooklyn Bridge.
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.
Sarah Callan, manager of animal rescue at Mystic Aquarium, said the 40- to 45-foot whale is most likely a fin whale but could be a sei whale. Callan said a call came into Mystic Aquarium around 6: ...
The new water park was expected to compete with others in Wisconsin Dells and the Chicago metropolitan area, [13] [14] and would be the biggest expansion in Six Flags Great America history. [15] Construction on the US$42 million [16] water park began in November of that year, and the water park opened to the public on May 28, 2005.
SPRING LAKE - A dead beaked whale was discovered early Thursday morning in Spring Lake at the beach near St. Clair Avenue, according to the Marine Mammal Stranding Center of Brigantine.. Marine ...
The Chicago Riverwalk is a multi-use public open space located on the south bank of the main branch of the Chicago River in Chicago, extending from Lake Michigan and the Outer Drive Bridge westward to the Wolf Point area and Lake Street. [1] The Chicago Riverwalk contains restaurants, bars, cafes, small parks, boat and kayak rentals, a Vietnam ...