Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Feb. 7, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Weather records (from the National ...

This summer the Brookfield Zoo’s bottlenose dolphin habitat will reverberate with the chatty whistles and playful leaps of a new calf — the first expected to be born there in over a decade.

Your visit to the Brookfield Zoo is about to get a lot cuter. For the first time in the Zoo's history, Koalas will "take up residency" there, a Facebook post from the zoo said. According to the ...

An estimated 40,000 bees have created quite a buzz at Brookfield Zoo Chicago. The bees – rescued from one home in Naperville and another in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood – are now ...

Hundreds of Christmas trees on display for Brookfield Zoo’s Holiday Magic winter wonderland have a new purpose. Some are now being used as animal enrichment for bears, bison, and lions.

Brookfield Zoo Chicago Share Brookfield Zoo has a case of baby fever. Dolphin baby fever, that is. For the first time in 10 years, the zoo is preparing to welcome a dolphin calf to its marine ...

BROOKFIELD, Ill. — Brookfield Zoo Chicago is offering free admission on Monday, Jan. 20, in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Free MLK Day admission to the zoo is in addition to its ...