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The new Tropical Forests primate habitat features an expanded space for the zoo’s first troop of bachelor gorillas and endangered black-handed spider monkeys rescued from wildlife trafficking.

Home to over 6,000 animals, the Houston Zoo prides itself on animal care and wildlife conservation.

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 Binti Jua rescued him.

WASHINGTON — Brookfield Zoo Chicago is mourning the sudden death of its four-day-old bottlenose dolphin calf. The male bottlenose dolphin was the first born at the facility in over a decade.

Nation World Newborn dolphin at Brookfield Zoo Chicago dies suddenly The calf was being carefully monitored by zoo staff and appeared healthy until things took a turn on Wednesday.