African elephants could be extinct in the wild within eight years. Learn about the world's largest land mammal, and what research the Chicago Zoological Society is funding to help save them.

A Pakistani journalist is spending a month with us at Chicago Tonight as part of an international exchange program. Mansoor Ali Khan tells us what he's learning about America, and what Americans should know about Pakistan.

Recognizing the contributions of gay people to history and culture is at the heart of a new outdoor museum on North Halsted Street. We take a walking tour.

We take you on the set of an international, big budget action film being shot here in Chicago.

The director of one of next year's biggest Indian films discusses why he decided to film in Chicago.

Legendary sportswriter Bill Jauss died on Wednesday at age 81. We revisit a 2006 interview with him from Chicago Tonight's archives in our web extra video.

Things are looking up for the arts in Hyde Park. We tour the new Logan Center for the Arts on the University of Chicago campus, and speak with the architects.

A very rare Burrowing Owl was spotted along Chicago's lakefront.

We talk with the filmmaker behind As Goes Janesville, which goes deep into Wisconsin’s historic labor battle under Gov. Scott Walker.

The Bears make NFL history. James "Big Cat" Williams dissects the historic win against the Jaguars.

Geoffrey Baer takes an up-close and personal look at...Illinois license plates? Find out more about his unique discoveries in this week's edition of Ask Geoffrey.

We take a look at the Shedd Aquarium's efforts to harvest sustainable produce in their organic gardens.

Chicago Tonight has an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the biggest international movie to film in Chicago, and a sit-down interview with Indian megastar, Aamir Khan.

Need some ideas for what to do this weekend? Chicago Tonight knows what is going on!

MacArthur Genius fellow, Dylan C. Penningroth, Associate Professor at Northwestern University and research professor for the American Bar Foundation, talks about getting the grant of a lifetime and how it will impact his research of African American life under and after slavery.

A new book looks at Bucktown's transformation -- from gang territory to stomping ground for new gentrifiers. We talk with author and former Chicago Sun-Times reporter Scott Jacobs.