Brookfield

The apes and monkeys at Brookfield Zoo are getting a home makeover.

Ben was brought to Brookfield Zoo in 1992, and was the second-oldest Bornean orangutan in the accredited North American zoo population.

It was not just the humans having fun in the snow on Wednesday.

A Valentine's Day tradition returns to Brookfield Zoo this year.

While investigating, police determined that McGuire had 37 previous traffic arrests, four arrests for assault, one arrest for dangerous drugs, one for obstruction, one for damage to property, two liquor offenses and one flight escape charge.

Holiday Magic features more than 2 million lights, including the "Sea of Lights," "Tunnel of Lights," a sparkling gingerbread house, giant illuminated animals, and a 41-foot tall tree. Visitors can drop off letters to Santa and go ice skating.

There was a lot of holiday spirit at the Brookfield Zoo over the weekend!

Brookfield Zoo announced Wednesday that Leo, the zoo’s 5-year-old red panda, had died.

A century has passed since the Brookfield Zoo celebrated its official groundbreaking on Oct. 27, 1922. 

Seven Chicago-area residents have been indicted for allegedly obtaining at least $16 million in fraudulent COVID-19 relief loans for various businesses they claimed to own and operate in Illinois and Florida, federal prosecutors said.

Animals at Brookfield Zoo are getting in the Halloween spirit.

The silverback western lowland gorilla went into cardiac arrest during an emergency veterinary procedure prompted by an acute illness, according to the Chicago Zoological Society, which runs the suburban zoo.