Americans eels are born in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. There's just one other known instance of one being found in the ...

Chicago will once again go all out for St. Patrick's Day this year with one of the city's most iconic traditions: The 2025 Chicago River Dyeing. The Chicago River Dyeing for 2025 is scheduled for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It's almost that time of year when the streets of Chicago fill with green – from shamrock headbands to leprechaun costumes. But ...

The concentration of harmful plastics shows the need for laws to prevent them from entering the water, an environmental group ...

One of the Windy City's most famous traditions took place Saturday as thousands flocked to the downtown area to watch the Chicago River turn bright green. The festive fun kicked off at 10 a.m. on ...

Photos from the Chicago River Swim on Sept. 21, 2025, which raised $100,000 for research into ALS and celebrated the river’s recovery from its polluted past. Swimmers compete in 1st official Chicago ...

From Lake Michigan to the Chicago River to streams and creeks across the state, there are tiny bits of plastic in Illinois ...

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Temperatures may still be hovering in the 60s, but one more sure sign of summer’s arrival has graced Chicago: Chonkosaurus has risen. The famed snapping turtle, dubbed “Chonkosaurus” by internet ...

For the first time in nearly a century, swimmers took to the open water of the Chicago River on Sunday. Participants in the Chicago River Swim made their way along a one- or two-mile route downtown.