Brookfield Zoo, 31st Street and First Avenue, Brookfield, 708-485-0263

More than 2,000 exotic and familiar animals on 215 acres, plus Tropic World rain forest environment, dolphon show, children's zoo with animal demonstrations. Also, Windows into the Zoo programs for children and adults. Exhibits: The Living Coast: A World of Surprising Connections, a 2,000-square-foot exhibit that plunges visitors into ocean depths off the western coast of South American where the driest desert in the world meets one of the most fertile ocean systems. Admission fee.