The main sign outside Cosley Zoo

Cosley Zoo is a AZA-accredited zoo located in Wheaton, Illinois. It is a facility of the Wheaton Park District. Admission is free for families and individuals. The zoo, which is situated on 5 acres (2 hectares) of land, is built on the site of historic train station and consists of domestic animals and wildlife that is native to Illinois. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (768x1024, 221 KB) Description: The main sign outside Cosley Zoo in Wheaton, Illinois. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (768x1024, 221 KB) Description: The main sign outside Cosley Zoo in Wheaton, Illinois. ... The American Zoo and Aquarium Association, or AZA is a people-based association dedicated to raising awareness of zoos and aquariums. ... The National Zoo in Washington, D.C.. A zoological garden, or zoo for short, is a place where wild animals are encaged in an artificial environment and exhibited to the public. ... Wheaton is the county seat of DuPage County, Illinois, located about 25 miles west of Near North Side, Chicago and Lake Michigan. ... An acre is an English unit of area. ... Passengers bustle around the typical grand edifice of Londons Broad Street station in 1865. ... Domesticated animals, plants, and other organisms are those whose collective behavior, life cycle, or physiology has been altered as a result of their breeding and living conditions being under human control for multiple generations. ... Phyla Porifera (sponges) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria (coral, jellyfish, anenomes) Placozoa (trichoplax) Subregnum Bilateria (bilateral symmetry) Acoelomorpha (basal) Orthonectida (flatworms, echinoderms, etc. ... Various species of deer are commonly seen wildlife across the Americas and Eurasia. ... State nickname: Land of Lincoln, The Prairie State Other U.S. States Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Governor Rod Blagojevich (D) Senators Richard Durbin (D) Barack Obama (D) Official language(s) English Area 149,998 km² (25th)  - Land 143,968 km²  - Water 6,030 km² (4. ...

See also

• List of zoos

The following is a partial list of zoological gardens (zoos): // Africa Egypt Giza Zoo South Africa National Zoo, Pretoria Johannesburg Zoo East London Asia Afghanistan Kabul Zoo, Kabul Bangladesh Dhaka Zoo,Mirpur,Dhaka China Beijing Zoo Wolong Giant Panda Breeding Center, Sichuan province Iran Amol Zoo Bandar Abbas Zoo Darabad...

External links

• Cosley Zoo website
• Cosley Zoo at the Wheaton Park District