The environmental nonprofit group Urban Rivers spotted the female beaver along the South Branch of the Chicago River. 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.

A large beaver is turning heads on the Chicago River, but she needs a name. Urban Rivers Volunteer Coordinator Stephen Meyer ...

In recent years, the Chicago River itself has undergone a renaissance, from a lifeless industrial waterway into a vibrant public asset, the head of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District writes.

One longstanding ceremony is the dyeing of the Chicago River, when artificial coloring is used to turn the water an emerald green during the week leading up to St. Patrick's Day. The event is a ...

But if you want to learn more about Chicago's sky-high buildings, tag along on an architecture river cruise. During a river cruise, you'll gain great views and historical insight about well-known ...

Roads would be impassable without plows, and the same could be said for the Chicago River without firefighters. One crew onboard a fireboat explains that they have a special job in the winter.