CLEVELAND, Ohio - You might have missed the shuttered Rainforest during recent visits to Cleveland’s zoo, but the orangutans have missed you as well. You’ll be reunited this summer when the Cleveland Metroparks reopens the former Rainforest building as the zoo’s new Primate Forest after nearly two years of renovations and expansion.

An area zoo is mourning the loss of one of its animals. The Cincinnati Zoo announced on social media that Chipo the aardwolf has died at the age of 16. The zoo said Chipo was the last aardwolf at the zoo and in the entire AZA Zoo population.

A zoo worker in northern Japan has been arrested on suspicion of disposing of his wife’s body in an incinerator at the facility. Suzuki Tatsuya, 33, an employee at the popular Asahiyama Zoo in Asahikawa, was arrested after investigators found what appeared to be human remains in an incinerator for disposing of animal carcasses.

The Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden is welcoming several new arrivals with “Zoo Babies Month” throughout May.

A scathing audit released Friday shows the San Francisco Zoo violated city rules by spending $12 million on projects without required approval, amid financial instability and a toxic workplace.

The Erie Zoo will be sporting a new look for the next few weeks, bringing a light show back to the park for a second year in a row. On Thursday night, Glow Wild kicks off at the Erie Zoo on West 38th Street,