Inspired by an ancient Rwandan practice, Kwita Izina honours each button-cute baby gorilla born in Volcanoes National Park with a meaningful moniker.

Gladys, the Cincinnati Zoo's 12-year-old western lowland gorilla, is pregnant, the zoo announced Wednesday. The baby is ...

Born to mom Violet, 11, and dad Sefu, 17, the baby monkey was born on March 30 ... and 11-month-old Addo, the western lowland gorilla.

Gladys arrived at the Cincinnati Zoo in 2013 after her mom at the Gladys Porter Zoo decided not to care for her, creating the ...

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 ...

“Her arm has healed, and we don’t expect her to have trouble carrying a baby around,” said Cincinnati Zoo’s head gorilla keeper Ashley Ashcraft. “Gorilla babies actually do most of the ...

Similarly to humans, a gorilla's pregnancy typically lasts around 8.5 months. There is no fixed breeding season for the primates and they give birth around every four years. The baby gorilla was ...

Looking after Afia, he has to wear a string vest – so the gorilla can cling on as if to its mother’s fur. The baby needs bottle-feeding every two hours and, as primates require around-the ...

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 ...