1981: Broadcaster Harry Caray brought his antics to the North Side after 11 years as the voice of the Chicago White Sox.

ZooLights is returning to Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo for the holiday season. The lights festival opens on November 21 with more than 3 million lights across the zoo grounds. Visitors can enjoy ...

Chicago’s first snowfall of the season brought record-setting lake-effect snow Monday, causing hazardous roads, more than 450 flight cancellations and several school closures. At Lincoln Park Zoo, ...

The zoo emphasized that Africa’s lion population has declined by half in the past 25 years due to poaching and habitat loss New cubs have taken their place in the circle of life at a New Orleans zoo.

A bridge constructed in Lincoln Park for sightseeing during the turn of the century soon became known as a place for death. EDITOR’S NOTE — This story includes discussion of suicide. If you or someone ...

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CHICAGO (WGN) — A software designer by day and a self-described passionate craftsman by night, Marc Solomon has spent his Octobers over the last several decades carving some of the most intricate and ...

According to a Thursday release from Akron Zoo, the health of the elderly male lion, Tamarr, made a sharp decline, and the zoo decided to euthanize him humanely. Test results from July showed a ...

It was a joyous day on June 3, 2024, when Phoenix Zoo lioness Zuri delivered two healthy cubs, males Azizi and Jasiri. Now, it’s time for the boys to move on. The zoo announced Tuesday that the young ...

Two lion cub brothers, Jasiri and Azizi, are moving from the Phoenix Zoo to Zoo Miami in early November 2025. The move was recommended by the Lion Species Survival Plan as the cubs have reached the ...

MADISON, Wis. -- A male polar bear will soon make the short journey north from Chicago to the Henry Vilas Zoo. The Lincoln Park Zoo announced Thursday that Siku, a 15-year-old polar bear, will move to ...