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One of the Louisville Zoo's beloved gorillas is leaving Kentucky in August. Cecil, a 27-year-old male western lowland gorilla ...
Binti Jua, a Western Lowland Gorilla, rescued an unconscious 3-year-old boy who fell into the Brookfield Zoo's ape pit ...
The San Francisco Zoo & Gardens is set to receive another gorilla months after the sudden passing of beloved silverback Oscar ...
Colo, the first gorilla born in captivity, died at the Columbus Zoo in 2017 at age 61. At the time of her death, she was the oldest-known gorilla in the world. In the early hours of Jan. 17, 2017 ...
Flashback: The zoo was home to the first gorilla born in captivity, the world-famous Colo, in 1956. She was born prematurely at about 4 pounds and spent time in an incubator from a local hospital.
The zoo announced that Nyati, a western lowland gorilla, was euthanized Tuesday. Nyati was born at Como in 2017 and diagnosed with Baylisascaris procyonis, a parasitic infection, in 2020.
On Friday morning, TODAY host Savannah Guthrie announced the show would be live from the Little Rock Zoo on Tuesday morning, when the zoo will reveal the newborn primate’s name on live TV.
A gorilla known for her tickle fights was euthanized due to age-related health decline, a Colorado zoo said. A western Iowland “gorilla icon” named Roxie who was known by Cheyenne Mountain Zoo ...