The Gorilla Conservation Center serves many roles for Brookfield Zoo Chicago. Inside the lobby of the sleek new building, a ...

Photographer Andrei Duman uses X-rays to create the images in “Beyond the Surface.” The objects displayed include an Enigma ...

The new Tropical Forests primate habitat features an expanded space for the zoo’s first troop of bachelor gorillas and ...

Brookfield Zoo Chicago opened its new Tropical Forests primate habitat Friday, featuring an expanded space for the zoo’s ...

The Brookfield Zoo opened a new three-acre exhibit for primates to climb and explore on Friday. Zoo leaders welcomed donors and guests for a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the $66m James and Elizabeth ...

A new primate habitat was unveiled at Brookfield Zoo Thursday, which will include four outdoor habitats for western lowland ...

Brookfield Zoo has welcomed a baby squirrel monkey to the zoo, as part of a species survival plan.

One of the most rare and endangered dragonflies in Illinois is getting a lifeline at the Brookfield Zoo, which is among several local institutions raising another species of animal that could help ...

In 1996, a 3-year-old boy tumbled 24 feet into a gorilla enclosure at an Illinois zoo. Then, a Western Lowland Gorilla named ...

Hemker Park and Zoo near Freeport offers 25 acres of animal exhibits and family activities ... capybaras, antelopes and monkeys, among other animals. Zoo goers can also visit the Zoo Beans Cafe coffee ...

Luckily, zoos aren’t just for kids; as a grown-up, you can go whenever you want — no need to wait for a school trip. While zoos tend to be a hot topic of debate, many in the US are ethical and focus ...

Brookfield Zoo Chicago opened a new exhibit Monday where kids can see bees up close — and even learn what it’s like to be one — with the hope they go home and work to protect them. Located ...