COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 27 (UPI) -- The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in Ohio said a 52-year-old gorilla walked through an unsecured door and wandered through a building.
GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo, April 28 (UPI) -- A young gorilla hidden in a bag was rescued from a suspected trafficker as he got off a plane, officials in the Democratic Republic of the Congo said Tuesday.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 (UPI) -- A western lowland gorilla has been born at the National Zoo in Washington, park officials said.
DALLAS, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- The Dallas Zoo said the world's oldest captive gorilla, a 55-year-old female, has died of an inoperable stomach tumor.
CHICAGO, Sept. 20 (UPI) -- A gorilla at the Brookfield Zoo in Illinois is the first gorilla to undergo uterine fibroid embolization.
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands, May 18 (UPI) -- A gorilla that escaped from a Netherlands zoo Friday went on a major rampage throughout the locale, injuring four during its "King Kong" romp.
KAMPALA, Uganda, Jan. 9 (UPI) -- A court in Uganda has found a former Rwandan soldier guilty in the 1999 murders of eight "gorilla tourists" and their Ugandan guide in a national park. The court in Kampala found that Jean Paul Bizimana, 31, was among the Rwandan rebels who abducted 14 to
CHICAGO, July 6 (UPI) -- Human error is blamed for an attack by a 450-pound male gorilla on a 32-year-old intern at Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo.
HOUSTON, May 21 (UPI) -- Zoo officials in Houston euthanized an ailing male gorilla, believed to be the last Eastern Lowlands gorilla in North America.
DALLAS, March 18 (UPI) -- Police shot and killed a gorilla Thursday at the Dallas Zoo after it escaped onto the grounds and injured at least three people.