With the heat wave behind us for now, it's the perfect time for Illinois residents to have some fun in the sun with family and friends. For parents and their children seeking out summer adventures ...

Jim Schulz/Chicago Zoological Society BROOKFIELD, Ill. -- The Brookfield Zoo says things are going well between its newest arrival, a 21-year-old female polar bear named Nan, and her possible breeding ...

BROOKFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A grey seal found stranded and blind more than a decade ago on an island in Maine has given birth at a Chicago-area zoo and is now “a very attentive mother" to her newborn, zoo ...

BROOKFIELD, Ill. (CBS Newspath/WKRC) - A zoo in Illinois welcomed the birth of a critically endangered antelope calf this August. The 15 lbs. male calf was the third addax calf to be born at ...

CHICAGO -- Japanese snow monkeys, or macaques, at Lincoln Park Zoo are participating in computer touch screen research. And the public can check it out daily. The zoo's Regenstein Macaque Forest is ...

“One of the most trafficked mammals in the world” was born at an Illinois zoo, officials said. Brookfield Zoo Chicago announced the birth of a white-bellied pangolin, an endangered species ...

BROOKFIELD, Ill. - The ring-tailed lemurs at Brookfield Zoo in Illinois looked very thankful after the zoo shared video of the adorable critters chowing down on their special Thanksgiving feast. Video ...

Zookeepers at an Illinois zoo learned a giraffe named Arnieta was pregnant in July 2022. As the 16-year-old reticulated giraffe had experienced two first-trimester miscarriages before, Brookfield Zoo ...

COAL VALLEY, Ill. (Gray News) – An Illinois zoo is celebrating after the successful births of two endangered cubs. Niabi Zoo in Coal Valley, Illinois, announced the birth of the Amur leopard cubs in a ...

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. -- Sparkly reindeer-dung necklaces are going on sale at an Illinois zoo that hopes to attract the same holiday shoppers who swept up its dung Christmas ornaments last year. The ...