Stanley Field News Today

Nearly a century after it crashed to Earth in Northeast Arkansas, the Paragould meteorite finds its way home

Chicago's Field Museum is asking for a help naming its newest dinosaur, the Spinosaurus.

Today’s update is about an eight-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

The semiaquatic Spinosaurus, which lived about 95 million years ago, is 46 feet long.

The Field Museum plans to unveil a cast created from fossils of the 46-footlong dinosaur June 3.

Vintage Chicago Tribune offers a look back at events, places and people involved in shaping Chicago’s past, present and future, in ways both small and big.

“Had Edith been male, her life trajectory would have been entirely different from the get-go," says Andrea Friederici Ross’ marvelous new book, “Edith: The Rogue Rockefeller McCormick."