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A baby primate at the Peoria Zoo celebrates her first birthday this summer.

An Illinois zoo is heading a program that breeds snow leopards as part of the Snow Leopard Species Survival Plan, which was created after the leopard…

A 2-week-old baby orangutan has made her debut at suburban Chicago's Brookfield Zoo. Zoo officials say the unnamed female Bornean orangutan was born Dec.…

The Peoria Zoo has welcomed a new giraffe to its "Africa!" exhibit. The 3-year-old female named Emy arrived in Peoria last week inside a very tall…

The lone seal at Bloomington's Miller Park Zoo now has company. Zoo officials say two harbor seals went on exhibit this week. Two-year-old Kilian and…

A plan for a central Illinois zoo and wildlife park is garnering support from economic development advocates and criticism from local landowners and the…

Last week’s death of a female tiger at the Peoria Zoo was caused by a fungal infection. That’s according to necropsy results that were finalized this…

The adult female tiger at the Peoria Zoo died Sunday evening after a short illness. The tiger, Kyra, gave birth to four cubs last summer. Zoo officials…