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They’re Back! BOTTLENOSE

Dolphins in Action DOLPHINS

WHEN: Weekdays: 11:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.
and Weekends: 11:30 a.m., 2:30 p.m., and 4:00 p.m.
WHERE: Seven Seas
TICKETS (SOLD ON-SITE): $6 for adults, $3 for children age
3 to 11, $4 for seniors over 65, and free for Unlimited‑level members
Welcome our seven dolphins back home and watch them
enjoy their newly renovated habitat, which reflects the
natural environment of Sarasota Bay, Florida—the site of
the Brookfield Zoo Chicago’s Sarasota Dolphin Research
Program. Check out the upgraded underwater viewing area.
[Through August 31, 2024, vouchers for Zoo attractions that expired
between October 2022 and March 2024 may be redeemed for Dolphins
in Action tickets. This offer does not include Zoo admission or parking.]

New Animals
and Habitats!

SANDHILL
CRANE
KOALA

Koalas! Presented by North

American
WHEN: Opens Memorial Day weekend
WHERE: Hamill Family Play Zoo Prairie
(renovated former Lemur habitat)
FREE with Zoo admission. [Free entry to Hamill Family Aviary
Play Zoo and Hamill Family Wild Encounters. A small fee WHEN: Opens mid‑June
is charged for goat feedings and parakeet feeding sticks.]
WHERE: Hamill Family Nature Plaza
For the first time in Brookfield Zoo Chicago’s history, FREE with Zoo admission
we are introducing our guests to koalas! The pair of marsupials,
named Brumby and Willum, will reside here for two years, A new 3,000 square‑foot aviary will house two native
thanks to a partnership with the San Diego Zoo where prairie species: a pair of sandhill cranes and nearly
they lived previously. The species is listed as “vulnerable” a dozen greater prairie chickens. Sandhill cranes
by the International Union for Conservation of Nature are tall, majestic wading birds known for their long
Red List of Threatened Species. Take advantage of this migrations. Prairie chickens are known for their
opportunity to learn about this iconic species, their native elaborate mating ritual and loud mating calls.
Australian habitat, and what’s being done to protect them.
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