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Often planned, sometimes spontaneous, the ritual throw is baseball’s celebrity row. The post Baseball’s Celebrity Row: Behind ...
Brookfield Zoo Chicago just got a whole lot cuter thanks to a new baby squirrel monkey, and he's ready to meet his new ...
BROOKFIELD, Ill. - Brookfield Zoo has welcomed a baby squirrel monkey to the zoo, as part of a species survival plan. The ...
The native Puerto Rican toad has long been endangered on the island thanks to habitat loss and invasive species. Yet fame, ...
Julianne Olivo, Director of Public Relations at Brookfield Zoo Chicago joins Lisa Dent to celebrate the zoo’s 91st birthday.
Explore Brookfield Zoo’s new Tropical Forests habitat with chimps, gorillas and kid-friendly rainforest adventures.
1934: When Brookfield Zoo opened to the public on this day, Cookie was there to greet the almost 60,000 visitors. And though the pink cockatoo was never “top banana” at the zoo, he outlived every ...
One of the most rare and endangered dragonflies in Illinois is getting a lifeline at the Brookfield Zoo, which is among several local institutions raising another species of animal that could help 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 ...
Brookfield Zoo's new Tropical Forests opens July 11, featuring free-roaming primates and a stunning waterfall, creating an ...
A baby dolphin born live on camera at Brookfield Zoo has died just days after footage of the birth went viral, the zoo announced Thursday. The zoo said it was "devastated" by the sudden loss of ...
A Chicago zoo has a pretty big flipping reason to be excited! Brookfield Zoo Chicago welcomed its first bottlenose dolphin calf since 2014 when a 38-year-old bottlenose dolphin named Allie gave birth, ...