Brookfield Zoo

Two young okapi, cousins to the giraffe, are new additions to the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore

2011-10-21 07:54:00

Two young okapi, an African forest mammal that looks like a cross between a giraffe and a zebra, have taken up residence in the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore's giraffe house. The two okapi are half-brothers, on loan from the Dallas Zoo. Askari (ahz-kar-ee)...

Fly kites with City of Chicago

2012-05-17 08:49:36

The Chicago Kids and Kites Festival is a fun way to put the unyielding Chicago wind to good use. Besides raising kites high in the sky, there will be a workshop on Afghan fighter kites, a demonstration by professional fliers from Chicago Kite, a Bug...

Museums

2012-05-16 14:31:48

Brookfield Zoo 8400 31st St., Brookfield; 708-688-8000, czs.org On 216 acres, more than 3,000 animals live in walk-through settings that re-create their natural habitats, with different species sharing space just as they do in the wild. The Living...

Orland Township hosts second Pet-palooza

2012-05-11 16:36:10

Doing the wonders of Ryerson Woods

2012-05-02 00:00:00

Ryerson Woods was on my to-do list for years, but somehow I never got around to it. Within moments of driving into the Lake County preserve on a brilliantly sunny day, I was kicking myself. How could I have lived in Chicago so long and not seen this, I...

It's time to pay Christina Eilman and her family for what city did to her

2012-04-27 00:00:00

The beast Marvin Powell is out of prison, released the other day on parole after serving six years for what he did to Christina Eilman. He's a gang-banger, 6 feet tall, about 200 pounds, arms covered with tattoos. Some tats are memorials to dead...

Court denies city's appeal in police negligence case

2012-04-27 00:00:00

When Chicago police released a white, mentally ill California woman in a high-crime black neighborhood, they "might as well have released her into the lions' den at the Brookfield Zoo," a federal judge wrote in a scathing opinion Thursday. In stark...

Court rules family's suit against CPD can proceed

2012-04-27 06:47:00

More than two years after getting the case, a federal appeals court today ruled that a mentally ill California woman can sue the Chicago Police Department for releasing her into a violent neighborhood where she was raped and nearly killed. �They might as...

Court: Parents of disabled woman can sue Chicago police for neglect

2012-04-26 14:49:00

Family campfires may burn again in Cook forest preserves

2012-04-28 00:00:00

This month, for the first time in their lives, some 10- and 11-year-old Cub Scouts from Chicago built a fire, pitched tents and slept under the stars. The kids discovered the great outdoors in a small patch of Cook County Forest Preserve across the...

Elk herd, longtime area residents

2012-04-25 16:34:36

Farewell party for Lincoln Park Zoo gorilla's move to Brookfield all part of master plan for the species

2012-04-09 15:05:00

It's a story that happens thousands of times a year in Chicago: Young male heads west, leaving behind the congestion of Lincoln Park to settle in the suburbs, hopefully have some children. To see this standard sociological ritual enacted with gorillas,...

Why go: Here's a NATO event that won't involve rerouting or working from home, as summit organizers are providing 5,000 kite kits, flags and other info for the kids. Reconsider: You think kites are for nerds. Details: 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

2012-05-17 09:57:00

Three of Brookfield Zoo's eight Mexican gray wolves were examined tip to tail by the veterinary staff and consultants for a study of the occurrence of nasal carcinoma in the wolves.

2012-04-24 14:12:00

and Michelle Soszynski, carry an anesthetized wolf named Francena to a cage.

2012-04-19 00:00:00