A s they transport us to underwater landscapes, aquariums provide a soothing experience for visitors. The dark rooms, illuminated by soft light emanating from the tanks, display a ...

Galveston Island has been a perennial beach vacation for decades, especially for those who live in nearby Houston. More than ...

Winter is perhaps the best time of year to spot a North American river otter in the coastal estuaries of New Jersey. The ...

Animal care staff conducted a neonatal exam this morning, determining the pups' genders as one male and two females.

Zoo Miami said the litter was fathered by 9-year-old Edison, who arrived at the zoo in October 2016 after being rescued as an orphan in Florida. Zinnia arrived in April 2019 from the Roger Williams ...

Why do sea otters hold hands? As you’ll see in this video, it is actually a rather clever sea otter survival strategy!

Zoo Miami has three adorable new additions to their animal kingdom.Zoo officials said three baby otter pups were born Wednesday.Their<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More ...

Paul Vriend's photo of a beaver swimming at Jackson Park leads the notes package from around Chicago outdoors and beyond.

The Chicago area could see 1 to 3 more inches of snow through Saturday night, with “bitterly cold temperatures” and subzero wind chills in the forecast for the coming week, according to the National ...

Heavy rain is the biggest threat as these storms pass, though there’s also a low severe storm risk with damaging wind gusts the biggest concern. We have a few alerts in place for the mountains, ...

A house bill initially seeking to remove otters as protected animals in Wyoming passed the Senate Travel Committee with major ...

Chicago's eastern boundary is formed by Lake Michigan, and the city is divided by the Chicago River into three geographic sections: the North Side, the South Side and the West Side. These sections ...