Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Brookfield Zoo is encouraging Illinois residents to vote for one of its penguins as part of an international March ...

BROOKFIELD, Illinois -- The Chicago Zoological Society announced Wednesday that twin river otter pups had been born at Brookfield Zoo in February. The male and female pups, born Feb. 23, are the first ...

Despite pleas from Brookfield Zoo and members of the Lake County Board to do away with an event featuring monkeys riding dogs, the Lake County Fair plans to keep the popular Banana Derby race. Jul 14, ...

BROOKFIELD, Ill. -- When baby orangutan Kecil wants a bottle, his adopted mom Maggie helps the 10-month-old find his way to the staff at Brookfield Zoo. It's just one of the ways the two are bonding, ...

Two Amur leopards, members of an endangered species, were born at Brookfield Zoo Chicago on July 14, the zoo announced Tuesday. Zoo officials say both cubs and Mina, the 8-year-old first-time mother, ...

An estimated 40,000 bees have created quite a buzz at Brookfield Zoo Chicago. The bees – rescued from one home in Naperville and another in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood – are now nestled in the ...

BROOKFIELD, Ill. -- The Brookfield Zoo in Illinois welcomed a baby reindeer on Wednesday, their first one in over 30 years. Bunny, one of the zoo's reindeer, gave birth to a male fawn Wednesday ...

BROOKFIELD, Ill. -- A female African lion named Isis died just two weeks after her mate at Brookfield Zoo in Chicago's western suburbs. The zoo says 14-year-old Isis was found in her enclosure Monday ...