On Saturday, a child wandered from his parents and fell into a gorilla enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo. One of the zoo's silverback gorillas, an endangered species, moved toward the child, eventually ...

The San Francisco Zoo will overhaul its practices for handling gorillas to avoid a repeat of the accident that killed its youngest gorilla earlier this month, the zoo announced late Tuesday. The zoo ...

A 2-year-old gorilla at Calgary Zoo died after a staff error caused head injuries. The zoo launched an investigation and tightened safety measures. The staff member ...

CINCINNATI — Police have wrapped up their investigation without recommending charges against the mother of a 3-year-old boy who witnesses said fell into the gorilla exhibit at the Cincinnati Zoo, ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. ST. LOUIS - There were no signs of problems with a braided rope that led to the accidental strangulation of a gorilla over the ...

Staff at a major Australian zoo are mourning the loss of a gorilla, while vets launch an investigation into her sudden and ...

The zoo says Zura has been a fan favorite for generations of visiting families, who enjoyed her "her tough and sassy attitude." Zura had been undergoing specialized treatment for long-term digestive ...

This weekend, Harambe, a 400-pound western lowland gorilla, was shot and killed by officials at the Cincinnati Zoo after a 4-year-old boy fell into the primate’s enclosure. “It’s a sad day all the way ...

Extending personhood beyond humans and their proxies would be inconsistent with our society’s core foundational principles. When an adult chimpanzee at the Los Angeles zoo mauled a baby chimpanzee to ...

There's a photo that went viral in 2019, of two mountain gorillas behind a park ranger as he snaps a selfie in Congo's Virunga National Park. One gorilla seems to glance over at the human with all the ...

Impact on Gorilla Preservation When Dian Fossey started her work in September 1967, the mountain gorilla population was hurtling towards extinction. She was one of the Trimates, a trio of female ...