The body of JoJo, a longtime Brookfield Zoo gorilla, will join Field Museum’s mammal collection

The body of JoJo, a 42-year-old silverback western lowland gorilla who died recently at Brookfield Zoo, will be made available for scientific study at Chicago’s Field Museum. (Sun-Times file)

The body of JoJo, a 485-pound silverback gorilla who died two weeks ago at the Brookfield Zoo, will become catalogued into the Field Museum’s mammal collection and made available for scientific study.

“JoJo will be added to our collection so that scientists can study his remains to learn more about how gorillas evolved and how we might be able to help protect them,” said Kate Golembiewski, a spokeswoman for the museum.