A zoo in Tennessee just welcomed a new baby gorilla — and it is the first of its kind to be born there in nearly a decade. Zoo Knoxville announced the news in an Instagram post on Thursday, Nov. 20, ...

The Los Angeles Zoo announced Tuesday that a new baby gorilla was born late last month, the fifth great ape birthed at the facility this year. The baby has not yet been named and the gender is still ...

The Smithsonian’s National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute recently celebrated the arrival of a new western lowland gorilla. The baby arrived in the early morning hours of May 27 and is the first ...

A critically endangered, 18-year-old western lowland gorilla named Tumani at the Audubon Zoo is pregnant.

Just in time for the crowds visiting the Los Angeles Zoo during the holidays, a western lowland gorilla has birthed an infant who has not yet given a name, and zoo officials say they don’t know if ...

This cute footage shows a baby gorilla teasing her father - while he sits there unbothered. Baby gorilla Mobi can be seen teasing her father, Kisumu, at Prague Zoo. The inquisitive infant starts ...

Update: On September 10, the Audubon Zoo shared the devastating news that the infant gorilla had passed away. A critically endangered western lowland gorilla has given birth to her first baby at a zoo ...

The infant was born to a 27-year-old mom named Kumi Toria Sheffield joined the PEOPLE editorial staff in 2024. Her work as a writer/editor has previously appeared in places like Bustle, LAMag, and ...