Milwaukee County Zoo

Every day, thousands of people visit the Milwaukee County Zoo to see the animals they love — whether it’s the adorable otters, roaring tigers or giant elephants. These animals live their lives on display, but most of us don’t know what happens after they die.

Partly for environmental reasons, the Zoo has been selling off its two coal-burning iron horses and replacing them with two more diesel-powered ones this year.

Many Milwaukeeans are familiar with Samson, the beloved gorilla who died in 1981 at the Milwaukee County Zoo. Wildlife artist and world champion taxidermist, Wendy Christensen, made the popular recreation of Samson that’s on display at the Milwaukee Public Museum.

Milwaukee native and author, Stacy DeKeyser, explores the city's history and draws inspiration from the Washington Park Zoo and famous animal escapes to write her latest children's book.

Wauwatosa's Design Review Board takes second look at a proposed 28-story apartment and office tower.

Earlier this summer, the Milwaukee County Zoo announced Amos Morris as its new director. Morris has a long history as a zookeeper, zoo curator and manager of zoos around the country.

As humans have been getting the COVID-19 vaccine, pretty soon so will some zoo animals at Madison's Henry Vilas Zoo and the Milwaukee County Zoo.

Updated June 8 at 1:02 p.m. CTMilwaukee County Zoo will reopen on June 18 after being closed since mid-March due to the coronavirus. But it's not all back…

On last week's Bubbler Talk, we visited the library at the Milwaukee County Zoo to learn whether visitors to the zoo, years ago, were really allowed to…

There are many animals at the Milwaukee County Zoo you wouldn't normally see in the wilds of Wisconsin. Camels, for example, or bonobos or giraffes. But…