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Beluga whale rescued from closed Canadian marine park dies in US

Osiris, one of 30 belugas removed from Ontario’s shuttered Marineland, struggled to acclimate to her Illinois home

The Guardian - US · Sep 23

Four more belugas arrive at Chicago aquarium from shuttered Canadian theme park

Four more belugas have arrived at the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago as part of a plan to move the last remaining captive whales from a shuttered theme park in Canada to aquariums in the United States and Spain

The Independent UK · Aug 14

Six beluga whales finally leave embattled Canadian marine park

Whales flown to US aquariums after long-running saga in which Marineland had threatened to euthanise them

The Guardian - UK · Jul 22

Chicago's Shedd Aquarium welcomes its first rockhopper penguin chick in 8 years

Chicago's Shedd Aquarium has welcomed the first southern rockhopper penguin chick to join its colony in eight years

The Independent UK · Jul 13, 2023

NASCAR street races forcing Museum Campus closures: Another summer headache for Chicago

Much of Grant Park will be closed to accommodate NASCAR. Now the Field Museum and the Shedd Aquarium have announced schedule changes because of road closures and expected crowds.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 11, 2023

Ted A. Beattie, Shedd’s ‘pioneer and visionary’ leader from 1994 to 2016, dead at 77

Mr. Beattie oversaw were the addition of the Wild Reef in 2003 and a renovation of the Abbott Oceanarium marine mammal pavilion in 2009.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 9, 2023

Zebra shark at the Shedd gives ‘virgin birth’

The birth, known in science as parthenogenesis, did not involve a father shark — even though two eligible suitors were in the same giant tank at the Shedd.

Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 19, 2022

Matriarch of Shedd’s beluga pod dies

Mauyak was 41 years old, aquarium staff said.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 14, 2022

Floating wetlands installed on South Branch of Chicago River for native wildlife

The project was completed through a collaboration between Shedd Aquarium and Urban Rivers.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 6, 2022

Shedd wants your help picking a name for one of its rescued sea otters

The choices are Jade, Sunny or Willow.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 25, 2022