Officials at Shedd Aquarium say they are guardedly optimistic about the outcome of a groundbreaking surgery on 12-year-old ...

A beluga whale at Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium became the first known beluga whale to recover from general anesthesia after a ...

A beluga whale at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium became the first known beluga whale to recover from general anesthesia after a ...

A beluga whale underwent a “milestone” surgery procedure in Chicago to remove cysts from its head and neck. The Shedd ...

Shedd Aquarium staff and volunteers on Wednesday took action, cleaning up along Chicago's lakefront. Volunteers spent the day ...

Volunteers spent the day picking up trash, weighing it, and getting it off the beach at 12th Street Beach, in part to keep plastics out of Lake Michigan.

Chicago's Shedd Aquarium has introduced a new sea otter named Jade, chosen by a public vote, who is acclimating well and may ...

The newest addition to Shedd Aquarium’s rescued sea otters officially has a name: Jade. The aquarium revealed the name Monday ...

Shedd announced the results of recent on-site voting for the name of its newest nonreleasable southern sea otter, who was ...

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The 20-year-old Puiji came to Shedd Aquarium in 1989. Puiji weighs roughly 1,500 pounds and is approximately 11 feet in length. She is one of six beluga whales at the aquarium.

The animal health and care teams at the aquarium noticed she was dealing with bumps that turned out to be cysts.