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Home » Steve Sullivan

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A grudging appreciation of Chicago’s rats

by Mike Sula June 23, 2016August 18, 2021

There are some reasons to love—or at least respect—the universally reviled pest.

Posted inBlogs

‘Nature’s Struggle’ shows what human greed has done to Chicago

by Aimee Levitt March 25, 2014August 18, 2021

A new exhibit at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum encourages visitors to think more about what they consume.

Sullivan with the museum's passenger pigeon
Posted inArts & Culture

Show us your . . . passenger pigeon

by Aimee Levitt February 1, 2014August 18, 2021

Steve Sullivan of the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum explains that the bird was hunted so rabidly it wasn’t able to reproduce at a high enough rate.

Posted inBlogs

Beer-can pigeon: It’s what’s for dinner

by Mike Sula April 1, 2013August 19, 2021

The rural pigeon has long been a valued food source, but what about its urban cousin?

Posted inBlogs

Nature Museum wants you to start thinking about what you stick in your mouth

by Aimee Levitt March 22, 2013August 19, 2021

A new exhibit, “Food: The Nature of Eating,” will make you think about your own eating habits.

Posted inBlogs

Where have all the squirrels gone?

by Mike Sula August 24, 2012August 19, 2021

There’s more than one edible rodent in town

Posted inFood & Drink

Chicken of the trees

by Mike Sula August 16, 2012September 22, 2021

The rural eastern gray squirrel has long been a valued food source, but what about its urban cousin?

Posted inBlogs

Lords of Nature

by Ed M. Koziarski April 13, 2010August 19, 2021

On the second anniversary of the Roscoe Village cougar shooting, the Notebaert Museum screens the documentary “Lords of Nature: Life in a Land of Great Predators,” on Thursday 4/14.

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