As Chicago faced its first heat wave of the summer season, animals at the Lincoln Park Zoo beat the heat with some cool treats.

CHICAGO -- An adult lion at Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo attacked an animal keeper Thursday, injuring her seriously before fellow workers could shoo the beast away, officials said.

Did you know you can visit Chicago’s Lincoln Park Zoo for free year-round? This summer, bring the family for animal demos, ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — As Chicago faced its first heat wave of the summer season, animals at the Lincoln Park Zoo beat the heat with some cool treats. Umande, a western lowland gorilla living at the ...

Wikimedia Commons/Francine Schroeder photo for Smithsonian Institution The 1950 Smokey Bear Rescue On May 9, 1950, ...

Lincoln's new music district will be named after Larry Boehmer, the former Zoo Bar owner and key player in the development of ...

The area of the intersection of 14th and O streets in the heart of downtown Lincoln has been newly named Lincoln’s Music ...

The developer's contentious proposal at 1840 N. Marcey St. was updated to include less apartments and parking spaces.

If you're looking for something fun to do this summer, we have not one, not two but six zoos in several cities across the ...

After months of waiting and building excitement, the giraffes at the Roosevelt Park Zoo finally have a new place to call home. Today, the zoo officially cut the ribbon for its new state-of-the-art ...

Larry Boehmer, who died in 2012, was honored ahead of this year’s annual Zoofest with street sign named for him on 14th ...