A Lantern Festival of Hope” showcases illuminated wildlife while “Dinos!” features life-size dinosaur figures.

The Brookfield Zoo took in 20 rescued axolotls last year after they were confiscated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chicago set a new record for snowfall in November over the holiday weekend, with 8.4 inches recorded at O’Hare International ...

BROOKFIELD, Ill. (WGN) — Massive amounts of snowfall on Saturday may have been stressful for Chicagoland drivers, but for Brown Bears named Tim and Polar Bears known as Amelia and Hudson at the ...

The zoo's veterinary team uses scans to monitor animal health. In the spooky spirit for Halloween, the zoo shared skeletal snapshots of some of the zoo's wildest residents. Native only to Puerto Rico, ...

CHICAGO — A bottlenose dolphin at a Chicago zoo gave birth to a calf early Saturday morning with the help of a fellow mom, in a successful birth recorded on video by zoo staff. The dolphin calf was ...

The first snowfall of the season brought flurries to Chicago’s Brookfield Zoo. While some of the animals were curious about the stuff falling from the sky, one resident seemed decidedly unimpressed.

A Chicago zoo has a pretty big flipping reason to be excited! Brookfield Zoo Chicago welcomed its first bottlenose dolphin calf since 2014 when a 38-year-old bottlenose dolphin named Allie gave birth, ...

BROOKFIELD, Ill. (WLS) -- Brookfield Zoo Chicago has announced the sudden death of a four-day old bottlenose dolphin. A dolphin named Allie gave birth early Saturday morning, zoo officials said. The ...

The zoo’s 20-year-old eastern black rhino Kapuki gave birth to a female calf Thursday. Only about 1,000 eastern black rhinos ...

Brookfield Zoo Chicago revealed some animal X-rays days ahead of Halloween. The zoo's veterinary team uses scans to monitor animal health. In the spooky spirit for Halloween, the zoo shared skeletal ...