Alert Turkish customs staff found a five-month-old western lowland gorilla in a postal package at Istanbul airport. The ...

London Zoo is conducting its annual census of every mammal, bird, reptile and invertebrate. Everything from alpacas to zebras ...

A baby gorilla wearing a tiny T-shirt was discovered inside a small wooden crate at the Istanbul Airport before being subsequently rescued. Customs enforcement teams flagged down a cargo shipment ...

HE’S A SPECIAL GUY AND THIS IS AN EMOTIONALLY TOUGH TIME. THE WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA STARTED HAVING HEALTH ISSUES LIKE A CHRONIC COUGH, WEIGHT LOSS, AND TREMORS OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS.

An outstanding student helper, he shared my aim to balance research with the goal of saving the imperiled mountain gorillas that I was studying from my base camp in the Virunga Mountains of Rwanda ...

BOSTON - The Franklin Park Zoo is mourning the loss of Kitombe, a 38-year-old male western lowland gorilla. The zoo said "Kit" had serious health issues and was examined under anesthesia on Thursday.

Mayor is a primatologist and explorer who has gone on expeditions to study apes and monkeys including mountain gorillas, western lowland gorillas, and the white-faced saki monkey. She is a ...

Kambera’s infant was the 26th gorilla born at Zoo Atlanta. Following the infant’s birth, zoo caretakers watched carefully to observe Kambera’s behaviors. They were encouraged when, on Nov ...