Scovill Zoo was filled with costumes, candy and decorations Saturday night. "Boo at the Zoo" is an annual Halloween-themed event just before the Decatur Park District attraction closes for the year.

DECATUR, Ill. (WCIA) — The Scovill Zoo is inviting people living with dementia to join them for a fun, relaxing day at the zoo on Monday. Every first Monday of the month, the zoo holds a Dementia ...

DECATUR, Ill. (WCIA) — Spring is here and that means the Scovill Zoo in Decatur is nearly ready to open. The zoo’s director Heather Purdeu said each year they continue to grow. This season, they’ll be ...

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 will go ...

DECATUR — Remnants of where the animals once lived in the Scovill Zoo Herp Aquarium are faint. The four walls of the building remain, but the inside will be all new for the animals and the visitors by ...

DECATUR — Scovill Zoo has experienced several blessed events this year. “We have goat babies, we have lemur babies, we have a baby spider monkey, a baby penguin and a baby turaco,” said keeper ...

DECATUR — Three years after fundraising efforts began, a group of warm-weather penguins is closer to finding a home at Decatur’s Scovill Zoo. But whether the birds arrive in May or October depends ...

DECATUR — A carousel at a central Illinois zoo is getting a touch-up from the same Ohio company that hand-carved the ride's animal figures more than a decade ago. The (Decatur) Herald & Review reports ...