Chicago's Shedd Aquarium is now home to a baby beluga (yes, like <a href="http://youtu.be/YjUYAom5i4c">the song</a>). The beluga whale calf was born on Aug. 27 and the little cutie is, well, not so little; Shedd’s animal care team estimated that the newborn weighed 150 pounds and was 4 1/2 feet long at birth.<br><br><b>Visiting the aquarium<br></b>Shedd Pass-<br>
Adults: $28.95<br>
Children: $19.95<br>
(Note: General admission does not include access to the Abbott Oceanarium, which is where you will find the beluga whales.)<b><br><br></b><a href="http://www.sheddaquarium.org/">Click here to learn more about the Shedd Aquarium</a> (Shedd Aquarium/Brenna Hernandez)
Meanwhile, the San Diego Zoo's 5-week-old giant panda is just starting to open his eyes. Here is the 3.2-pound cub at his first checkup. He will be named in mid-November, and the <a href="http://www.sandiegozooglobal.org/panda-naming">San Diego Zoo Global Wildlife Conservancy</a> is taking name suggestions until Sept. 24.
<b>Visiting the zoo</b><br>
One-day pass-<br>
Adults (12+): $42<br>
Children (3-11): $32
<a href="http://www.sandiegozoo.org/zoo/index.php">Click here to learn more about the San Diego Zoo</a> (AP Photo/San Diego Zoo, Maria Bernal-Silva)
A male endangered Sumatran tiger cub was born on Aug. 22 at the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma, Wash. Here he is at three weeks, weighing eight pounds and making your heart melt. <br><br><b>Visiting the zoo</b><br>
General Admission-<br>
Adults (ages 13-64): $16.00<br>
Seniors (ages 65 & older): $15.00<br>
Youths (ages 5-12): $12.50<br>
Tots (3 & 4): $8.25<br>
<a href="http://www.pdza.org/">Click here for more information on the Point Defiance Zoo</a> (AP Photo/Courtesy of Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium)
A baby western lowlands gorilla was born on Aug. 14 at Colorado Springs, Colo.'s Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. Here he is hanging on his mother's back.
<b>Visiting the zoo<br></b>Off Season Prices (day after Labor Day through April)-<br>
Adults: $14.25<br>
Children (ages 3-11): $10.25<br>
Senior (ages 65+): $12.25<br>
Military Adult: $11.25<br>
Military Child: $7.25<br>
All Children 2 and under: FREE<b><br></b>
<a href="http://www.cmzoo.org/">Learn more about the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo here</a> (AP Photo/The Gazette, Michael Ciaglo)
These rare white Bengal tiger cubs were born in July at Zoo Liberec in the Czech Republic. Here are two of the three on Sept. 3.
<b>Visiting the zoo</b><br>
Entrance fees-<br>
Adults: 115 CZK (about $6)<br>
Children (up to 3): free<br>
Children (3-15): 65 CZK (about $3.42)<br>
Students/seniors (65+): 65 CZK (about $3.42)
<a href="http://www.zooliberec.cz/en">Learn more about Liberec Zoo here</a> (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Anchali, the adorable Asian elephant shown here, was born at the Berlin Zoo on Aug. 12. The baby already weighs 353 pounds and is just over 3-feet-tall.<br><br><b>Visiting the zoo<br></b>Day tickets-<b><br></b>Adults: 13 euros (about $17)<br>
University students, vocational trainees, the unemployed, school students: 10 euros (about $13)<br>
Children (from 5 up to and including 15 years old): 6.50 euros (about $8.50)
<a href="http://www.zoo-berlin.de/zoo/visit-tickets.html?L=1">Click here to learn more about the Berlin Zoo</a> (AP Photo)
These three Amur tiger cubs made their debut at the Bronx Zoo on Sept. 5. Although they are only a couple of months old (they were born in May), these cubs all already weigh 45 pounds.
<b>Visiting the zoo<br></b>General admission-<br>
Adult: $16.95<br>
Child (Ages 3–12): $11.95<br>
Senior (65+): $14.95<br>
Children 2 years and under: free
<a href="http://www.bronxzoo.com/">Click here to find out more about the Bronx Zoo</a> (Wildlife Conservation Society/Julie Larsen Maher )
This rare baby black rhino was born at the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium earlier this month. She is the first black rhino to be born in Pittsburgh in 47 years. It will be a couple of months before you can see the rhino calf in person, but don't write out a trip to the Pittsburgh Zoo just yet... (Paul A. Selvaggio)
The Pittsburgh Zoo is also home to this cute four-month-old California sea lion! You can see the pup playing in the zoo's sea lion pool.
<b>Visiting the zoo<br></b>Admission (April 1-Nov. 30)-<br>
Adult: $14<br>
Seniors (60+ years of age): $13<br>
Children (ages 2-13): $12<br>
Children under 24 months: Free<br>
<a href="http://www.pittsburghzoo.org">Find out more about the Pittsburgh Zoo here</a> (Paul A. Selvaggio)