The privately funded "Rat Contraceptive Pilot" uses non-toxic contraceptive pellets to reduce the rat population.

The pilot program will bring rat contraceptives to Lincoln Park later this summer, Ald. Timmy Knudsen (43rd) announced in a ...

Steve Grzanich has the business news of the day with the Wintrust Business Minute. Chicago’s Lincoln Park Zoo just held its ...

Lincoln Park Zoo’s snake-themed gala raised a record $1.8 million to support wildlife care and conservation efforts.

1934: Chicago was in the grip of a weeklong heat wave, and the mercury that day reached 101. Twenty-three people died of the heat, but the death that drew the most attention was that of John Dillinger ...

Chicago is expanding its fight against rats — and it's not using poison. A North Side alderman is launching a pilot program ...

Mom Mei Lin was born at the zoo in 2019, sent to another zoo in 2021 and returned in 2022 after the deaths of her parents.

There are activities we can’t wait to experience here each summer — catching a concert in a park; watching Buckingham Fountain’s majestic water display explode 150 feet into the air; taking a dip to ...

Della, the 35-year-old rescued grey seal who greeted visitors to the Aquarium of Niagara, has died after developing a severe and painful shoulder condition that limited her mobility.

Della, a rescued Grey Seal at Aquarium of Niagara, dies at 35 after battling a painful condition in her shoulder.

If seeing school supply lists is sending you and your kids into a panic over the impending end of summer, stay calm, and ...