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

There are dozens of aquatic species in the Chicago River, but for one angler fishing in River North, his catch was an ...

An American Eel made headlines this week after it was caught in the Chicago River, raising both eyebrows and questions as to ...

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The Chicago River has a complicated history. For more than a century, it absorbed factory waste, raw sewage, and runoff from ...

Shamus Toomey, Editor in Chief and co-founder of Block Club Chicago, joins Bob Sirott to share the latest Chicago ...

CHICAGO (CBS) – The Chicago River will have it's first open water swim in nearly a century later this year. The swim is set to take place on Sept. 22 and will benefit ALS research and learn-to-swim ...

This month, hundreds of Chicagoans will do something that would have been unthinkable a generation ago: Dive into the Chicago River for an organized open-water swim, the first since 1926. The ...

Stream NBC 5 for free, 24/7, wherever you are. The iconic tradition turns the downtown Chicago waterway into a bright green, lasting for several days as several St. Patrick's Day events take place ...