An endangered African penguin chick recently hatched at the Lincoln Park Zoo​ just in time for the holiday season.

CHICAGO - Lincoln Park Zoo has welcomed a new African penguin chick. It hatched on Oct. 1, after roughly 40 days in ...

The zoo is soliciting potential names for the chick, whose sex is still TBD, via its social media channels and will release ...

A bridge constructed in Lincoln Park for sightseeing during the turn of the century soon became known as a place for death.

Female brown bears Ash and Lexi made their public debut Monday at the Lincoln Park Zoo, marking the first time the zoo has ...

Lincoln Park Zoo welcomed two female brown bears, Ash and Lexi, who made their debut Monday after coming to Chicago from Henry Vilas Zoo in Madison, Wisconsin. The bears, who are aunt and niece but ...

Bears Ash and Lexi are now part of the zoo's Walter Family Arctic Tundra after coming from the Kenry Vilas Zoo in Madison, Wisconsin.

From free-admission Mondays to a sensory-friendly night, here’s how Chicago families can plan their visit to Lincoln Park Zoo’s beloved holiday light show this season. ZooLights returns to Chicago’s ...

Marc Solomon has been carving intricate and beautiful designs into pumpkins for Halloween for over 30 years, and has become a ...

1999: Chicago Bears Hall of Famer Walter Payton died of bile duct cancer and liver failure at age 45. “The last 12 months have been extremely tough on me and my family. … Our greatest thanks goes out ...

Indiana American Water in May awarded the Shirley Heinze Land Trust a $150,000 Water and Environmental grant to improve facilities at the Ivanhoe South Nature Preserve, 750 Colfax St., the ...

The famed Chicago-born actor and environmental activist is the inaugural recipient of the Transformative Conservation ...