Chicago the biggest killer of migratory birds
We’ve got to face facts: We live within a killing machine. According to a piece posted on Grist this week, our skyline kills more birds every year than any other […]
Category Archives: Science in Chicago
More on the mysterious puppeteer spider
Remember this crazy decoy-building spider? Of course you do, you couldn’t forget something so awesome. Turns out that Destin, the guy behind the Smarter Every Day video series, was on […]
Blind sea lion pup gets a new home at the Shedd
Twenty-month-old Cruz can’t see, so he’ll need to rely on the staff at the Shedd Aquarium to be his eyes. The pup was just introduced at the aquarium this week […]
New sea monster discovered in Nevada
It might be in the desert, but the discovery of the newest species of ichthyosaur has roots all the way back in Chicago. Field Museum scientists Jim Holstein, Martin Sander and Olivier […]
Being curious is a good thing
Since our target here at Scientific Chicago is for the curious minded Chicagoan, it would be hard to ignore WBEZ’s series Curious City, where reporters explore questions Chicagoans have always had […]
Lincoln Park Zoo goes to work in the Serengeti
One might think that living in proximity to lions and hyenas is dangerous enough, but that’s before you factor in a rabies epidemic. Diseases like rabies and canine distemper are […]
Penguin Hops hits taps today
It’s not very often that an aquarium and a brewery can come together on a project… especially beer. You can be the judge of the collaboration’s success today – Penguin […]
