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Fish Fry Day: Ancient Fish, Windy City

Last month, Illinois Department of Natural Resources fisheries biologists on a routine patrol of the North Shore Channel, a straight as an arrow, concrete-lined tributary of the Chicago River, made a surprising find. They gave the water a jolt with their electrofishing equipment and, there, north of downtown Chicago and right downstream from a Red …

Fish [Black] Fry Day Video: “FIsh-nados” Lurk Off Chicago Shoreline

With apologies to the Syfy network and its outstanding ability to combine species into preposterous science fiction specials, we’re showcasing these videos our post doc, Solomon David, recently took with colleagues from the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago. It’s an embarrassment of fishy riches for the Thanksgiving holiday. Lurking in the waters of a Chicago harbor, …