WASHINGTON, March 15 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers are trying to understand why so many gorillas in North American zoos are dying of heart disease.
BRISTOL, England, Dec. 16 (UPI) -- A British toddler conceived with in vitro fertilization celebrated his first birthday without cake due to its excited parents -- and because they're gorillas.
BOSTON, Sept. 11 (UPI) -- A gorilla that gets fruit for his labor is contributing art for sale on the eBay online auction site to raise funds for a Boston zoo.
ATLANTA, April 3 (UPI) -- Banga, the youngest of Zoo Atlanta's five elderly gorillas, died Tuesday of respiratory and heart failure.
WASHINGTON, July 2 (UPI) -- An attempt to implant a pacemaker-like device in a western lowland gorilla at Washington's National Zoo ended when the 23-year-old male died in surgery.
CHICAGO, July 27 (UPI) -- Animal keepers at Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo say they will wait several weeks to find out the sex of the 47th baby gorilla born at the facility.
BRISTOL, England, May 24 (UPI) -- The gorilla at England's Bristol Zoo who underwent a landmark cataract operation has given birth to a baby, the BBC reported Tuesday.
CHICAGO, Feb. 15 (UPI) -- Kumba, the first captive-born gorilla at Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo, has died at age 34 after suffering kidney failure, zoo officials said.
NEW YORK, May 25 (UPI) -- Timmy, the New York Bronx Zoo's prolific lowland gorilla, has headed South to semi-retirement after siring more than a dozen offspring.
BROWNSVILLE, Texas, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- A chlorine leak killed three western lowland gorillas and critically injured a fourth at the Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville, a zoo official said Monday. Eight
