Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Dec. 10, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Nobel Prize-winning professor Albert A.

Celebrate the season with ZooLights! Enjoy displays, photos with Santa, rides and a new bilingual light show at Chicago’s Lincoln Park Zoo.

People voted to name Lincoln Park Zoo's new penguin Waddle after former Chicago Bears wide receiver Tom Waddle.

The San Diego Zoo Safari Park announced Thursday that it will be opening its Elephant Valley in March 2026. The immersive exhibit, which was first announced in August, will allow guests to walk ...

Looking to celebrate the holiday season in and around Chicago? There's no shortage of events but keeping tabs on when each begins can be tricky. We've put together a holiday calendar with timing of ...

A lit-up panda display dazzles visitors under a brightly colored banner of flowers at ZooLights at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute. Roshan Patel, Smithsonian’s ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Riverbanks Zoo & Garden is about to get a little louder and a lot more exciting with the arrival of two playful and majestic lions, Pesho and Sidai. Next month, these young lions will ...

A quiet corner of the North Platte Cemetery holds a powerful reminder: a grave dedicated to the unknown dead of World War I.

Jeffy Mai is the Associate Editor for Eater’s Midwest region, and has been covering Chicago’s dining scene for over a decade. After more than two decades of friendship and shared kitchens, chef John ...

Tickets for two of the most bright and beloved holiday light displays in the Chicago area are on sale now. Opening Nov. 21, tickets for Lincoln Park Zoo's annual ZooLights attraction in Chicago cost ...

ZooLights is returning to Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo for the holiday season. The lights festival opens on November 21 with more than 3 million lights across the zoo grounds. Visitors can enjoy ...

Lincoln Park Zoo’s Walter Family Arctic Tundra just got louder—and a lot cuter. For the first time since 1979, two brown bears are on exhibit, and the African penguin colony is raising a chick that ...