The new baby gorilla at the Little Rock Zoo in Little Rock, Arkansas, now has a name thanks to TODAY viewers. Beni's name, which was revealed April 8 on the show, comes from the name of territory in ...

Gladys, the Cincinnati Zoo's 12-year-old western lowland gorilla, is pregnant, the zoo announced Wednesday. The baby is expected to be here in September or October. It will be the zoo's 51st gorilla ...

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. The parasite ...

"Barney," a 415 pound, 31-year-old silverback lowland gorilla, and his brother, "Shango," a 448 pound, 36-year-old silverback ...

Nyati was euthanized on Tuesday following what zoo officials say was “a significant decline in her quality of life due to ...

Fatou was born in 1957 and came to the zoo in what was then West Berlin in 1959. Fatou, the oldest gorilla living in captivity worldwide, is getting ready for her 68th birthday in style.

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 ...

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Gorillas continue to be at high risk of extinction in the wild in Africa due to threats that include poachers.

Just this: She was the first gorilla known to be born in captivity; zoo confinement apparently dampens gorillas’ amorous tendencies. Her parents, Millie Christina and Baron Macombo, were among ...