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Friday's debut of new pandas at the National Zoo in D.C. is the latest chapter in a long tale of "panda diplomacy" between ...

The new year kicked off with a busy month for local news in Chicago. Did you keep up with the headlines? Take our January news quiz to see how much you know.

History books can only cover so much, and most of us haven’t cracked one open since we were in college. But if you want to ...

Conservation dogs have been used to sniff out the scat of an endangered California species that has been in a population decline since the 1950s.

The animals seem comfortable ... when you really wanted to go to a zoo. I'd hear people say it all the time. You go down to Fort Wayne, you go to Brookfield. It's the complete opposite.

Our list of Parks with Paved Paths is great ... can find the right class for your child’s age. Cosley Zoo is much smaller than Brookfield or Lincoln Park, and you can get much closer to the animals.

They’re very intelligent animals, and it’s really cool to see how they grow up.” The calf will join seven other dolphins at Brookfield Zoo and spend its early years closely following Allie ...