Binti Jua, a Western Lowland Gorilla, rescued an unconscious 3-year-old boy who fell into the Brookfield Zoo's ape pit ...

Julianne Olivo, Director of Public Relations at Brookfield Zoo Chicago joins Lisa Dent to celebrate the zoo’s 91st birthday.

1934: When Brookfield Zoo opened to the public on this day, Cookie was there to greet the almost 60,000 visitors. And though the pink cockatoo was never “top banana” at the zoo, he outlived every ...

The dolphin was born last Saturday morning to mother Allie, 38, who gave birth to the calf just before 12:30 a.m.

One of the most rare and endangered dragonflies in Illinois is getting a lifeline at the Brookfield Zoo, which is among ...

A Chicago zoo has a pretty big flipping reason to be excited! Brookfield Zoo Chicago welcomed its first bottlenose dolphin ...

Brookfield Zoo's new Tropical Forests opens July 11, featuring free-roaming primates and a stunning waterfall, creating an ...

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.

Explore Brookfield Zoo’s new Tropical Forests habitat with chimps, gorillas and kid-friendly rainforest adventures.

Somber news follows the birth of a Chicago zoo's bottlenose dolphin — the first in nearly a decade — just days after video of ...

Brookfield Zoo Chicago hopes you'll go bananas over its new primate habitat, one of the largest in the nation. The zoo’s new James and Elizabeth Bramsen Tropical Forests habitat will open on July 11.

Brookfield Zoo’s 235-acre footprint in the western suburbs has no room to expand, bounded by forest preserves and residential streets. Instead, over the next decade, ...