At 37 years old, Allie is already an experienced five-time mom. The zoo’s staff estimates her due date as early June, but will begin monitoring her closely in May for signs of an imminent birth.

This summer the Brookfield Zoo’s bottlenose dolphin habitat will reverberate with the chatty whistles and playful leaps of a new calf — the first expected to be born there in over a decade.

(WBBM NEWSRADIO) — Brookfield Zoo is buzzing with excitement over a new edition. Two hives of honeybees have found a new home after being locally rescued by the Illinois Bee Rescue. Jennifer ...

It's that time of year! The Brookfield Zoo Chicago is offering the chance to name one of their hissing cockroaches after that ...

This Chicago-area zoo is expecting its first dolphin birth in more than a decade. Bottlenose dolphin Allie, 37, is pregnant, Brookfield Zoo Chicago announced. The calf is due in June, but 24-hour ...

African lion dies 2 weeks after mate at Ill. zoo A female African lion named Isis died just days after her mate at Brookfield Zoo in Chicago's western suburbs.

The Oak Park Conservatory is teaming up with the Brookfield Zoo to celebrate the Lunar New Year and the "year of the snake." ...

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For a $15 donation a Madagascar hissing cockroach can be named. The names will appear on a naming board displayed outside the Hamill Family Play Zoo. Names must be submitted by 5 p.m. on Feb. 5.