BROOKFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- Two young polar bears on loan from Brookfield Zoo as part of a breeding program arrived safely Wednesday at their new home in Memphis, Tenn. Male Payton, 2, and female ...

Many creatures have imprinted on our hearts — and even a city sidewalk — for making their homes near ours. Here’s a look back at some of Chicago’s well-loved animals.

Can you believe that polar bears were housed in Madras briefly during the mid-1950s and 1960s? To mark the centenary of the Madras Zoo, started as a menagerie in 1855 at Egmore and later shifted ...

BROOKFIELD, Ill. (WLS) -- One of the animals at Brookfield Zoo Chicago took a walk on the wild side on Tuesday. The zoo said that Nyala, an African antelope, briefly escaped from its primary habitat.

Brookfield Zoo Chicago said goodbye on Friday to one of its beloved Amur tigers, Malena. She was euthanized after one of the zoo's vets found a developing cancer was keeping her kidneys from ...

The zoo made the decision to euthanize her. Malena joined Brookfield Zoo Chicago in 2020. In 2021 she became the first Amur tiger in North America to undergo a total hip replacement. The zoo said ...

BROOKFIELD, Ill. (WGN) — Brookfield Zoo Chicago is mourning the loss of their Amur tiger named Malena, following its decision to “humanely euthanize” the animal following life-threatening ...

Because polar bears live in the freezing regions of the Arctic, far from most humans, they don’t often run into dogs. However, in Churchill, Manitoba, things are quite different. Often called ...

Brookfield Zoo Chicago said goodbye on Friday to one of its beloved Amur tigers, Malena. She was euthanized after one of the zoo's vets found a developing cancer was keeping her kidneys from ...

The dolphin calf was born at Brookfield Zoo Chicago early Saturday morning as a team of veterinarians monitored and cheered on the mom, a 38-year-old bottlenose dolphin named Allie. Advertisement ...