CHICAGO (WGN) — As Chicago faced its first heat wave of the summer season, animals at the Lincoln Park Zoo beat the heat with some cool treats. Umande, a western lowland gorilla living at the ...

Kingo, the first western lowland gorilla ever habituated in the wild, has died, the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden announced in a Facebook post on Friday.

CHICAGO (AP) -- A popular gorilla who entertained Lincoln Park Zoo visitors for years and served as a foster mother to many baby gorillas has died.

The still-nameless baby and her mother, Nyani, are currently bonding away from the public part of their habitat, the zoo said ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Zoo Knoxville announced Wednesday the passing of Kowali, a Western Iowland gorilla. She passed peacefully at 47. Born on Jan. 9, 1978, at Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago, Illinois ...

Spreading holiday cheer for its 30th year, Lincoln Park’s annual ZooLights has returned with live holiday music, festive attractions and more than three million twinkling lights. “We’re ...

Good morning, Chicago. A security guard at the Lincoln Park Zoo was making his rounds around 2 a.m. near the polar bear habitat when he saw a man sitting on a bench in a fedora, appearing ...

Luckily, zoos aren’t just for kids; as a grown-up, you can go whenever you want — no need to wait for a school trip. While ...

Zoo Knoxville is excited to introduce the newest member of its Western lowland gorilla troop: Bella, a 10-year-old female who ...

SEATTLE — The baby gorilla rejected by his mother at the Woodland Park Zoo arrived safely at his new home in Kentucky, the zoo said in a release Tuesday.

Seattle’s Woodland Park Zoo has made the decision to move its one-and-a-half-month-old baby gorilla boy to another zoo.

SEATTLE — The baby gorilla rejected by his mother at the Woodland Park Zoo arrived safely at his new home in Kentucky, the zoo said in a release Tuesday.