News from around the community includes items from Brookfield Zoo, Elmhurst, Cantigny, Oak Park, La Grange and Burr Ridge.

Marion DuPont Scott Colonial Cup, 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Springdale Race Course, 200 Knights Hill Rd., Camden. The highlight of the fall racing season features tailgating, corgi races, best dressed contest, ...

The last roller coaster in all of Indianapolis will soon cease to exist. The Indianapolis Zoo confirmed Wednesday that two ...

Subscribe to BizTimes Daily – Local news about the people, companies and issues that impact business in Milwaukee and Southeast Wisconsin. Two Eastern black rhinos have arrived at the Milwaukee County ...

The frame for a £25m conservation building at Twycross Zoo has been completed. The conversation centre will have a 200-seat lecture theatre, a science lab, and a Indonesian-themed area – part of which ...

COMPLETE BY THE END OF THE YEAR. A NEW EXHIBIT IS COMING TO BLANK PARK ZOO. IT WILL SHOWCASE ANIMALS FOUND RIGHT HERE IN OUR STATE. WILD IOWA IS PART OF THE $18 MILLION EXPAND THE IMPACT CAPITAL ...

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.

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — The Audubon Zoo is roar-ing with excitement for the arrival of some new friends. Three African lion cubs, two girls and one boy, were born on Oct. 19 to parents Kali and Arnold.

Eighty years after soldiers liberated 7,000 prisoners at Auschwitz in Poland, Cincinnati's Union Terminal is serving as the last stop of an international exhibit.The exhibit, called Auschwitz. Not ...

Oct. 28 (UPI) --A New Jersey zoo released the first photos of two baby capybaras born at the facility earlier in the week -- and more babies are on the way. The Cape May County Park & Zoo announced ...

Nestled in the shade next to the flamingo lagoon, a new plant species has been quietly growing at the San Diego Zoo. The dainty bamboo palm, as it is now named, is a new plant species that was ...

Roger Williams Zoo just welcomed its tiniest new tenant: a baby two-toed sloth. On Oct. 11, the new sloth was born at the zoo to mother, Fiona and dad, Riley. It is not known yet whether the sloth is ...