Kellogg Fairbank III, who became the Chicago Maritime Museum’s executive director after a career in business, has died.

The story of the man-eating lions is fairly well-known, but one Field Museum expert went the extra mile to confirm a specific part of the story.

The Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh, home to the Tyrannosaurus rex holotype and a famous Diplodocus, will ...

The new temporary attraction with live tarantulas and lots of facts hopes to make you more curious than apprehensive.

A Belvidere native is one of six Illinoisans who will receive the state’s highest honor for professional achievement and ...

It's a haven for art enthusiasts with institutions like the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art, which ...

The Chicago tennis champion and basketball star was considered one of the best Black female athletes of her time, but her story has been overlooked in history, author Robert Pruter writes.

The Chicago-area native recently returned to the city to celebrate natural hair and Black Heritage Month at the DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center. She’s on a high after starring ...

The no-frills stand offers everything from vegan dogs to the traditional Chicago hotdog. Enjoy your lunch on the water. – Sarah Estime This extensive natural history museum occupies half an acre ...

The Amon Carter Museum is displaying twenty-five unseen lithographs from sculptor Richard Hunt this month in an exhibition ...

But while talking about snakes in general with Field Museum scientists would surely be fascinating unto itself, in this case, the subject is a huge discovery about king cobras. Th ...