Brookfield Zoo's new Tropical Forests opens July 11, featuring free-roaming primates and a stunning waterfall, creating an ...

Big summer fun doesn't have to mean big travel — these low-stress ideas are perfect for a spontaneous weekend.

Shango and Barney, two western lowland gorillas, will be the first bachelor troop at Brookfield Zoo, joining other primates in the new James & Elizabeth Bramsen Tropical Forests exhibit this summer.

A bottlenose dolphin born recently at Brookfield Zoo Chicago died late Wednesday. The zoo said it was performing an animal ...

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 mammal exhibit this summer.

Thursday is also World Sickle Cell Awareness Day, to bring attention to a disease often treated with blood transfusions.

Brookfield Zoo will host summer concert series, Concerts for Conservation, over two weekends in July, with Macy Gray and Vertical Horizon slated to appear. Tickets start at $40.

Brookfield Zoo Chicago is celebrating its newest resident as it opens its gates for the weekend, welcoming the birth of a bottlenose dolphin for the first time since 2014.

Brookfield Zoo's baby boom 00:42. The Brookfield Zoo is having a springtime baby boom. All the newborns, many of which are endangered species, will soon be on display for guests to see.

A dolphin calf’s first year of life, both in the wild and under professional care, is filled with challenges and milestones it must reach. Newborn dolphins must quickly master a ...

Just days after Brookfield Zoo issued the exciting announcement of the first bottlenose dolphin born at the zoo in more than ...

Brookfield Zoo is set to become home to two adult western lowland gorillas, Shango and Barney, who will form the first-ever bachelor troop at the zoo. The brothers will be joining other primates ...