Those are two words to describe a new opportunity at the Shedd Aquarium. The 45-minute Sea Lion Encounter allows you to get face-to-face with these marine mammals, maybe even touch them.

CHICAGO (CBS) --The Shedd Aquarium showed off two new sea lions on Wednesday – one with a reputation as a greedy crook, the other a blind gunshot victim. WBBM Newsradio's Mike Krauser reports ...

The aquarium recently brought in two new sea lions to its colony. Three-year-old Charger and his 3-month-old pup arrived from the National Zoo in Washington D.C. as part of a species survival plan.

One of those animals is Laguna, a 13-year-old California Sea Lion […] CHICAGO — A new experience program at the Shedd Aquarium will let visitors get close to California Sea Lions.

Reporting from Chicago — In March, a couple of plump, 900-pound California sea lions showed up at the Bonneville Dam, which spans the Columbia River between Washington and Oregon, 146 miles ...

The Shedd Aquarium was able to give him a new home while others were euthanized. Biff the sea lion splits his time between this exhibit area in Chicago's Shedd Aquarium and behind the scenes ...

Get up close and personal with sea lions. The aquarium’s new 45-minute sea lion encounters allow guests to get face-to-face with the marine mammals. Watch the sea lions play, feed and train, then snap ...

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Shedd announced the results of recent on-site voting for the name of its newest nonreleasable southern sea otter, who was ...

Shedd Aquarium/Brenna Hernandez “It’s all hands-on deck with over 55 pups in our facility, and calls reporting about 10 animals a day along 155 miles of coastline,” said Ruth Dover, director ...

The Shedd Aquarium officially reopened to the public Friday morning, admitting paying visitors for the first time since March after two days of members-only previews, the first of Chicago’s m… ...