Asian carp that has been detected in the Mississippi river's tributaries toward the Chicago area has raised worries among officials. The Obama administration and state officials even adopted some quick measures to stop the spread of the invasive species, but these efforts also failed to head off the invasion by Asian carp.

Scientists are looking forward to building a billion-dollar particle beam to implement their plans of blasting neutrinos 1,200km underground, from Chicago to South Dakota.

Officials have been urging residents of Illinois to make efforts to better the plight of Monarch butterfly by planting milkweed in their backyards or gardens. The Monarch butterflies have sought a tremendous decline in their population because of many factors, like increased use of fertilizers and loss of habitat attributable to urbanization.

Guests on a cruise sponsored by Chicago's Shedd Aquarium and Un-Cruise Adventures got to rare chance to feast their eyes on two oarfish in the shallow waters along the coastline of Baja, Mexico.

A video of the sea creatures posted on YouTube shows that the two oarfish were nearly 15 feet in length, but that is not their ultimate size as an oarfish grow up to 36 feet in length.

On the advice of doctors, Cardinal Francis George has cancelled trip to Rome for the canonization of Pope John Paul II and John XXIII. Last month, he was diagnosed with a new cancer and had undergone two rounds of chemotherapy for it.

Recent changes in the jet stream are causing longer, more harsh winters in North America and Europe. The changes in fast-moving, narrow air current are likely to be a result of increased warming of the Arctic, said Jennifer Francis, a professor at Rutgers University's Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences.

University of Chicago research team has uncovered Edfu pyramids in Egypt. The discovery of buried children around the latest uncovered provincial pyramid predating Great Pyramids of Giza is a shock for the archaeologists.

It has been ruled by a federal judge that it is unconstitutional to ban all sales and transfers of firearms in Chicago. U.S. District Judge Edmond Chang said that it is known that thousands of victims are shot and hundreds of murders are committed with a gun every year. But there is also other side to the issue, there are certain fundamental rights being protected by the Constitution.