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 zoo’s ...

Hemker Park and Zoo near Freeport offers 25 acres of animal exhibits and family activities. Originally opened in 1977, the family-run zoo now houses over 68 species and attracts 82,000 annual visitors ...

Smiley N. Pool / Staff Photographer The Dallas Zoo is the oldest and largest zoological park in Texas — and it’s not even close. At 106 acres, it’s about double the size of the zoos in Fort Worth, San ...

An ice-cold cup of water, a fountain to splash around in, and an ice pop to eat under the blistering July sun. Those pleasures may sound like the ticket for an idyllic summer day for humans, but ...