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

A 4-day-old bottlenose dolphin born at Brookfield Zoo Chicago last Saturday died suddenly late Wednesday. ... Her newest calf had been expected to be named later this summer.

Allie, a 38-year-old bottlenose dolphin and experienced mother of four, gave birth to the calf — which will be named later this summer — at 12:22 a.m., the zoo said in a news release.

A video of a dolphin giving birth at the Brookfield Zoo went viral recently, as the zoo celebrated its first bottlenose dolphin birth in more than a decade.

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 Chicago is showing off some very special baby pictures, after Allie, a bottlenose dolphin, gave birth to a new calf. CBS Chicago Posted: June 7, 2025 | Last updated: June 7, 2025 ...

CHICAGO — A bottlenose dolphin safely delivered a calf early Saturday morning at Brookfield Zoo ... gave birth to the calf — which will be named later this summer — at 12:22 a.m., the zoo ...

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A bottlenose dolphin at the Brookfield Zoo Chicago gave birth to a calf early Saturday morning with the help of a fellow mom. Video of the birth inside the Illinois aquarium shows the 35-pound ...