Did you know the spittle bug can jump 115 times higher than its body length, or that the beaked whale can hold its breath for 85 minutes? For wild animals strength, speed, agility and endurance mean more than just medals: they are a matter of survival.
The white tent at the Chicago Botanic Garden is filled with hundreds of live butterflies of various sizes and colorings. Don't miss your chance to see the beautiful new exhibit before it flutters away.
Don't eat that! Loyola University Health Systems medical director of the infection prevention and control program dishes on the "5-second rule" even though he's used it, too.
Chicago Shakespeare Theater uses outstanding voices, swift choreography, dynamic costumes and computer-animated graphics to bring the enchanted world of Belle and Beast to life.