Get more: Mathie Nov 18, 2009
Brookfield Zoo's Holiday Magic features something old and something new ... A new addition at Brookfield Zoo may help a species that is on the brink of extinction. (WLS, IL)
Halloween fever all over the world Nov 2, 2009
This is Axhi, a 14-year-old Grizzly bear, devouring a pumpkin at the Chicago Zoological Society's Brookfield Zoo in Illinois ... Nadaya, an eight year-old Western Lowland Gorilla, relishing her pumpkin treat at the Brookfield Zoo. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Taste pumpkins, enjoy Halloween holiday! Oct 29, 2009
Whirl, a two-year-old-Amur tiger, plays with a pumpkin at the Brookfield Zoo in Brookfield, Illinois October 28, 2009. Zookeepers fed pumpkins to the zoo's lions, tigers, bears and gorillas, in honor of the upcoming October 31 Halloween holiday. (Xinhuanet, China)
10 things to do this weekend Oct 16, 2009
PICK. Think all things fall: Build a scarecrow, meet a red-tailed hawk and great horned owl from the Brookfield Zoo, eat food from local farmers and, of course, pick your own pumpkin for Halloween during the PUMPKIN FESTIVAL at the Eden Place Nature Preserve. Oct. 17, 10 a.m. 5 p.m. Free admission. (Crain's Chicago Business)
FWP willing to allow private ownership of bison Oct 15, 2009
Turner, the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation in north-central Montana and the Brookfield Zoo in Brookfield, Ill. among others, bid this summer on taking the bison. (Montana Standard, MT)
Keith Winsten: Zoos across the country work to restore nature Sep 19, 2009
The Brookfield Zoo in Chicago helps breed trumpeter swans for release in the Midwest. The list goes on and on. (Florida Today)
Sears adds private-equity exec to board Sep 16, 2009
Mr. Kunkler also serves as director of the Northwestern Memorial Foundation, chairman of the board of Brookfield Zoo and as a trustee of the Field Museum and of Loyola University. What do you think. (Crain's Chicago Business)
Dinosaurs making their way to Bishop Museum Sep 2, 2009
Dinosaurs Unearthed was most recently shown at the Cincinnati Museum Center, the Oklahoma City Zoo, and the Chicago Brookfield Zoo. The exhibit is produced by the Vancouver-based company also called Dinosaurs Unearthed. (Honolulu Advertiser)
* World News Quick Take Aug 23, 2009
Woman sues Brookfield zoo A woman is suing a Chicago zoo for a fall last year near a dolphin exhibit, accusing zookeepers of encouraging the mammals to splash water and then failing to protect spectators from wet surfaces, local media reported on Thursday. In her suit filed last week, Allecyn Edwards said she was injured while walking near an exhibit at Brookfield Zoo, where a group of Atlantic bottlenose dolphins were performing, media said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
Woman sues zoo over splashing dolphins Aug 22, 2009
Search Type Choose a search type from the items below. Most Viewed - Odd News. (Yahoo News)
Quarantined Yellowstone bison attract interest Aug 10, 2009
McDonald said proposals to take the bison have been offered by the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation in central Montana, the Brookfield Zoo in Brookfield, IL, and a private landowner in Fargo, N.D. McDonald said the Brookfield Zoo, located near Chicago, was representing a consortium of zoos that would essentially extend the work being done at the quarantine. The zoos would keep the animals in place for disease monitoring and allow them to breed to increase their numbers until the bison could be... (Missoulian, MT)
Quarantined bison from Y-stone attract diverse interest Aug 10, 2009
McDonald said proposals to take the bison have been offered by the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation in central Montana, the Brookfield Zoo in Brookfield, Ill. and a private landowner in Fargo, ND. McDonald said the Brookfield Zoo, located near Chicago, was representing a consortium of zoos that would essentially extend the work being done at the quarantine. (Helena Independent Record)
Cook County launches census effort May 27, 2009
The kickoff of the 2010 Census Complete Count is Wednesday at the Brookfield Zoo in suburban Chicago. A service of the Associated Press(AP). (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Elephant dies at Brookfield Zoo May 16, 2009
- Keepers at the Brookfield Zoo say "Affie," a female African elephant who was soon to celebrate her 40th birthday, has died at the suburban Chicago facility. Kim Smith, the Brookfield Zoo's vice president of animal care, says a keeper checked on "Affie" about 4 a.m. Friday, and she appeared to be fine. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
A question of cuteness May 14, 2009
For instance, Koko the gorilla adopted a kitten and, just a few years ago, a female gorilla at Chicago's Brookfield Zoo protected a child that had fallen into the gorilla exhibit. Primate bodies (and all mammalian bodies) develop in much the same fashion dictated by survival needs not a cuteness requirement. (Globe and Mail)
Mid to Late Cretaceous Dinosaurs Br... May 12, 2009
Mid to Late Cretaceous Dinosaurs Brookfield Zoo. Mid to Late Cretaceous Dinosaurs Brookfield Zoo ... Learn Mid to Late Cretaceous dinosaur facts about Deinonychus, Parasaurolophus, Triceratops, Tyrannosaurus Rex, then visit animatronic dinosaurs at Brookfield Zoo. (Suite101.com)
Great zoos: Newer habitats mean better care Apr 30, 2009
Inside Tropic World at the Brookfield Zoo near Chicago, you can hear the crashing waterfall and monkeys chattering, smell the orchids and gardenias of the African forest, and see gorillas, gibbons and hippos scampering around the jungle floor ... Dr. Stuart Strahl, president and CEO of the Chicago Zoological Society and director of the Brookfield Zoo, says, The goal here is not just to exhibit, but to get people to care about animals and to understand through educational programs that zoos... (MSNBC -- Travel)
Pittsburgh Zoo named 4th best for kids Apr 11, 2009
Search post-gazette NOW. Lake Fong/Post-Gazette Children react as a polar bear approaches the window in the polar bear exhibit at the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium in 2006. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Female gorilla dies at suburban Chicago zoo Mar 28, 2009
Brookfield Zoo spokeswoman Kim Smith says Alpha was euthanized Thursday evening. Zoo officials say Alpha was in the final stage of kidney failure and had started show signs of discomfort in the past few weeks. (Anchorage Daily News)
Brookfield Zoo Dinosaurs Alive! Mal... Mar 18, 2009
Brookfield Zoo Dinosaurs Alive ... Brookfield Zoo Dinosaurs Alive ... Brookfield Zoo Dinosaurs Alive. (Suite101.com)
Generous local people made Tyler’s event successful Mar 13, 2009
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Police seize computers in search for missing LeRoy boys Mar 11, 2009
realistic mom wrote on Mar 10, 2009 12:48 PM:" I wanted to let you know you are in my prayers!! I had the same thing happen with my boys. Their "dad" took them from daycare right after I had dropped them off. When I got off work 8 hours later my kids were gone. I finally got them back at 8:00 that night. That was the worst day of my life, not knowing where they were. He had taken them to Brookfield zoo. The boys had a blast as I worried!!! All future visitation were supervised until he just... (The Pantagraph newspaper)
Zoos, aquariums miss wave of economic stimulus Feb 27, 2009
Brookfield Zoo President Stuart Strahl said legislators might have seen zoos and aquariums as local attractions, ignoring their reach and economic power. Last year Lincoln Park Zoo drew 3 million visitors, his zoo drew nearly 2. (AZCentral -- Business)
Long queue for Chicago zoo jobs Feb 11, 2009
Brookfield Zoo, in a suburb of Chicago, advertises for seasonal jobs every year. The jobs range from custodial positions to a tram driver. (BBC News -- Americas)
