A new study by the Shedd Aquarium has found that the Chicago River system continues to recover from pollution, as evidenced by the fish species that have been spawning in the river system. A report on ...

On a recent Saturday at Montrose Harbor, 6-year-old Jojo is dividing her attention between a roly-poly on the ground near a park bench and her pink Barbie fishing rod. Her brother, Andrew, 10, focuses ...

Before hundreds of swimmers are set to jump into the Chicago River in September, organizers and advocates say they are taking a “victory lap” of their own. To address safety, organizers said they will ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — A Chicago man didn’t have to go far to reel in a big catch and go viral in the process. Danny Vivar is no stranger to fishing, having previously perfected his craft across several ...

For the first time in nearly a century, the Chicago River hosted an organized open swim. The race on Sunday drew 263 swimmers and celebrated the river’s environmental turnaround. Memories of the river ...

For the first time in nearly a century, swimmers took to the open water of the Chicago River on Sunday. Participants in the Chicago River Swim made their way along a one- or two-mile route downtown.

Cities around the world have worked for decades to clean their polluted rivers. On Sunday, those efforts paid off in the Windy City. Hundreds of swimmers took a plunge in the Chicago River. It was the ...

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More than 250 swimmers jumped into the Chicago River on Sunday morning, marking the first open-river swim in the once-polluted urban waterway in nearly a century. After a false start last year, the ...

Event organizers say they hope the race will shatter public perceptions of the river as being polluted, while raising money for ALS research and youth swimming lessons. Chicago Tonight is available to ...