The baby penguin and other new additions at Scovill Zoo are still in the waiting to be given their lifelong names.

DECATUR, Ill (WICS) — Scovill Zoo is celebrating the arrival of a new member to its animal family: a baby Humboldt penguin.

DECATUR — Zoo camper A’lyanna Rouser, 12, began her week learning, feeding and taking care of animals. “I love animals and I want to be a vet when I grow up,” she said. “I especially ...

The zoo brought a tortoise, Polish chicken, snake, leopard gecko, Madagascar hissing cockroach, Guinea pig and African dove. Those in attendance were able to pet the animals while asking Scovill ...

June is National Zoo Appreciation Month. When most people think of the zoo, they picture the animals; the roars, the chirps, ...

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) —The Scovill Zoo in Decatur is providing the opportunity to explore new topics and animals by joining the zoo crew this summer. Each week, a series of day camps will campers ...

The Scovill Zoo in Decatur is trying to name their twin ringed tailed baby lemurs — and they’re hoping community members will ...

DECATUR, Ill. (WCIA) — Decatur’s Scovill Zoo welcomed two new animals on Monday. Russet and Yukon are eight-year-old mountain lion siblings who were named after potatoes — a nod to their ...

Heather Purdeu with the help of Meteorologist Adam Sherwinski shows ciLiving host, Jaclyn Friedlander twin goats from Scovill Zoo ...

DECATUR, Ill. (WCIA) — Two camels at Decatur’s Scovill Zoo are getting a new home. Representative Sue Scherer and her team helped secure a $200,000 grant to build a new enclosure. The new home ...

DECATUR — It’s time to say good-bye to your favorite zoo animal. The Scovill Zoo will be closing for the season on Monday. “So this is your last full weekend,” said Scovill Zoo Education ...

DECATUR, — Three years after fundraising efforts began, a group of warm-weather penguins is set to find a home at Scovill Zoo this year. But whether the birds arrive in May or October depends ...