CHICAGO (CBS) -- Two animals at the Lincoln Park Zoo — a seal and a flamingo — died of bird flu last week, the zoo announced Wednesday. The Chilean flamingo, Teal, died Wednesday, Jan. 8.

Since 1868, Lincoln Park Zoo has been one of Chicago’s most beloved (and free!) destinations for families. With hundreds of animals from around the world—including endangered species and those extinct ...

Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo is welcoming three new meerkats. Clover, Violet, and Dahlia are just 1.5 years old and were born in the same litter at a zoo in Madison, Wisconsin. They will live ...

A Chicago zoo has added a second mob of meerkats ... and Dahlia make up the new “flower power” meerkat mob at Lincoln Park Zoo, officials announced. They can be seen in their habitat at ...

U.S. News Insider Tip: North Avenue Beach is a short walk over the North Avenue Bridge when you park at the southern end of the Lincoln Park Zoo lot. Explore the zoo, then stroll over to the beach ...

Looking for the best things to do in Chicago this Easter weekend? Here are some family-friendly events and activities to add ...

Siku, a polar bear at Lincoln Park Zoo, developed allergies to various substances including human hair dander (Credit: ...

The dates of the events include Lakeview Day April 27, Bridgeport Day May 10, Lincoln Park Day May 18 and Art Institute of ...

Here’s a look back at some of Chicago’s well-loved animals. Visitors to Lincoln Park Zoo crowd around the elephant pavilion in 1906, 38 years after the zoo was founded informally with two ...

Recently, the Buffalo Zoo and the Lincoln Park Zoo announced an exchange ... old female rhino – was transferred from Buffalo to Chicago. The promising exchange is part of a Species Survival ...

Megan Ross becomes the first female zoo director in its 150-year history, and the first director since Lincoln Park Zoo separated from the Chicago Park District.