CHICAGO (WLS) -- Lincoln Park Zoo is expecting! The free-admissions zoo announced Thursday its critically-endangered Eastern Black Rhinoceros is pregnant. The 13-year-old female named Kapuki is ...

Did you know you can visit Chicago’s Lincoln Park Zoo for free year-round? This summer, bring the family for animal demos, toddler play, a carousel ride and even a quick stroll to the beach. Forget ...

An endangered African penguin chick recently hatched at the Lincoln Park Zoo just in time for the holiday season. In a news release issued Thursday, the zoo reported the healthy chick hatched Oct. 1 ...

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MANITOWOC – Part of Manitowoc's Lincoln Park Zoo will be closed for the rest of the year as construction of a new exhibit gets underway. Amenities on the southeastern portion of the zoo, 1215 N.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- All three of the new lion cubs at the Lincoln Park Zoo are boys! That's what the zoo's veterinary staff learned when they gave the cubs their first health exam. Until now, they've ...

Chicago residents have chosen a name for Lincoln Park Zoo’s newest penguin chick — and the winning pick is a nod to a local sports favorite. The zoo announced that the chick will be called Waddle, a ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — Lincoln Park Zoo is marking World Rhino Day with big news: Kapuki, a 20-year-old female eastern black rhinoceros, is pregnant. The calf, expected in early spring 2026, will be her ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — As Chicago faced its first heat wave of the summer season, animals at the Lincoln Park Zoo beat the heat with some cool treats. Umande, a western lowland gorilla living at the zoo’s ...

The zoo announced that the 15-year-old old male polar bear will be moving to a zoo in Madison, Wisconsin. Siku, a 15-year-old male polar bear at Lincoln Park Zoo, will be leaving Chicago and moving to ...