Brookfield Zoo Chicago just got a whole lot cuter thanks to the arrival of a new baby squirrel monkey! And the best part? You can see this precious new arrival in person starting Friday, July 11 ...

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on July 1, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Weather records (from the ...

In 1996, a 3-year-old boy tumbled 24 feet into a gorilla enclosure at an Illinois zoo. Then, a Western Lowland Gorilla named Binti Jua rescued him.

Brookfield Zoo Chicago hopes you'll go bananas over its new primate habitat, one of the largest in the nation. The zoo’s new James and Elizabeth Bramsen Tropical Forests habitat will open on ...

WASHINGTON — Brookfield Zoo Chicago is mourning the sudden death of its four-day-old bottlenose dolphin calf. The male bottlenose dolphin was the first born at the facility in over a decade.

Nation World Newborn dolphin at Brookfield Zoo Chicago dies suddenly The calf was being carefully monitored by zoo staff and appeared healthy until things took a turn on Wednesday.

WASHINGTON — Brookfield Zoo Chicago is mourning the sudden death of its four-day-old bottlenose dolphin calf. The male bottlenose dolphin was the first born at the facility in over a decade. According ...