brookfield zoo

Now that Brookfield has confirmed the outdoor Tropic World Expansion, I thought it would be fun to create some mock designs before they finish their official designs in the spring. Here's a first draft of what I put together for the space. The outdoor exhibit is designed to complement the...

All dates are approximate. This is the zoo's original map from 1934, which was reprinted in Let the Lions Roar: The History of Brookfield Zoo. This also doubles as the original master plan, as it includes a significant number of exhibits labeled with an asterisk as 'future developments'...

This map is from a guidebook and possibly subject to copyright; if the moderators feel it is safer to delete it, do so, but hoping it is old enough to not be of concern.

Here is a full species list for Brookfield Zoo based on my 6/3/2022 visit. Special thanks to @pachyderm pro and @MeiLover for looking over and making additions to the list. (SNS)= Signed, Not Seen (Temp off exhibit)= Listed as temporarily off exhibit by signage Australia Outside 1. Emu (SNS)...

I've been lucky to visit a number of zoos in the US northeast and midwest recently and I'm a bit surprised at how many great ape exhibits I've come across that are entirely indoors. Recently I've seen Buffalo (Gorillas), Pittsburgh (Orangutans), Cleveland (Orangutans), and Brookfield...

Hello all, this year I want to visit as many of the 7 AZA accredited facilities in Illinois, to start this thread off, I’ll be heading to Chicago for a couple of days, and my parents have agreed to let me see Shedd and Lincoln Park. Later this year, I ope to visit Scovill, Brookfield, and Miller...

This list was from my first trip to the Brookfield Zoo. I unfortunately didn't get to seeing the entire zoo but I will post my list of birds I did see and didn't see. If there are other species that aren't mentioned here, please let me know. Thank you :) Birds seen: Common emu (Dromaius...

I’m from Texas, I have been to the Brookfield Zoo when I was young. And it was a really cool zoo. As much as the Brookfield Zoo is one of the best Zoos in the US, there has arguably been some outdated exhibits and empty spaces over the past recent years, and I think that it’s time for the...

Photo taken October 2019. This individual was walking right over the path at Tropic World as I went by.

Photo taken October 27, 2019.

Since I am at Brookfield often more than once a week, I thought it was time for an update. Note: This list does not include Amazing Arachnids, Butterflies or ambassadors. The Swamp 1. Boat-Billed Heron, Brazilian Teal, Snowy Egret, Sunbittern, and Venezuelan Troupial 2. Amazon Milk Frog, Knight...

I had noticed to day that Brookfield says the big cat exhibits are getting a "makeover." I was wondering if anyone what is being done with the exhibits. Chicago Zoological Society - Exhibit Updates

It's a long shot, but I'd really like to hear from anyone with photographs of giant pandas from 1937 to 1972, i.e. Su-Lin (Brookfield Zoo, Chicago, 1937-8) to Chi-Chi (London Zoo, 1958-1972). During this period, there were other pandas at Brookfield, the Bronx, London, St Louis, Moscow and at...

July 2008.