A 10-week-old African lion cub, Pilipili, can be seen roaming around the lion habitat at the Lincoln Park Zoo. He made his first public debut over the weekend after spending his first few weeks getting to know his pride...
All is aflutter at Brookfield Zoo! Brookfield Zoo’s butterfly gardens will reopen at the end of May offering zoogoers the chance to surround themselves with countless butterflies for the first time since the sanctuary c...
One of the best zoos in the country is our very own Lincoln Park Zoo. Blooloop, “the world’s leading online resource for professionals working in the visitor attractions sector,” recently conducted a study to determine...
The penguins at the Shedd Aquarium are ready to party in their finest formal wear– their classic tuxedoes of course! The after-hours soiree is appropriately dubbed The Great Penguin Party. The Roaring 20s-themed p...
An enchanted forest, an 18-foot holiday tree, and a bewildering light maze – all in the heart of the city. Lincoln Park Zoo’s much-loved annual ZooLights event is returning for almost eight weeks of family f...
Chicago and the rest of Illinois will fully reopen this Friday, June 11. The day has finally come that Chicago will move into Phase 5 reopening the city entirely and ending all capacity limits and restrictions at bars,...
Penguins aren’t the only Shedd Aquarium animals taking field trips! Back in March of 2020, after the Shedd Aquarium closed its doors to the public, Shedd let some of their penguins out to visit other areas of the aquari...
Cuteness overload. It snowed in DC for the first time in two years this past weekend and the giant pandas at the National Zoo clearly didn’t want to miss out on all the fun. We can’t help but share with you...
Real-life aquatic animal encounters are back! Following Governor JB Pritzker’s announcement that Chicago will be shifting to Tier 2 mitigation standards, our beloved Shedd Aquarium is preparing to reopen to member...
We’ve been treated to another penguin encounter and once again it is so very cute! It’s the first field trip of the year for the aquarium’s now-famous penguins. This time the Magellanic penguin chick k...