check out the busy honey bees in a new exhibit at Brookfield Zoo Chicago on Dec. 23 at the zoo in Brookfield. (Steve Metsch/Pioneer Press) Pete Soltesz, of Illinois Bee Rescue, gathered the bees ...

The zoo has been working on the exhibit since 2023 in partnership with historians and a committee of community members who live in the neighborhood surrounding Perkins Woods. The zoo also worked ...

Dolphin baby fever, that is. For the first time in 10 years, the zoo is preparing to welcome a dolphin calf to its marine mammal exhibit this summer. Allie, a 37-year-old bottlenose dolphin ...

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