While the birth is sparking joy, infant mountain gorillas are vulnerable, and twins can be twice as hard for a mother to take ...

One of the Audubon Zoo's critically endangered lowland gorillas is expecting a baby.

Mafuko, the mom of the twins, was born in 2003 but her mother was shot dead and she later joined a different family, according to the Virunga National Park.

Audubon Zoo is preparing to welcome the birth of a Western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species, after the zoo’s ...

The twins were born to a 22-year-old female named Mafuko, who lost her own mother to armed individuals. The extremely endangered species currently numbers at just over 1,000.

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

BWINDI, Uganda (AP) — Sept. 24 is observed as World Gorilla Day. It was launched in 2017 to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the establishment of a Rwanda-based gorilla study center founded by ...

SAN FRANCISCO - A critically endangered Western lowland gorilla, named "Oscar Jonesy," died on Thursday afternoon following a ...

A baby gorilla wearing a tiny T-shirt was discovered inside a small wooden crate at the Istanbul Airport before being subsequently rescued. Customs enforcement teams flagged down a cargo shipment ...

ATLANTA (WANF/Gray News) - A critically endangered gorilla born last week at Zoo Atlanta has died, according to zoo officials. Officials say the female western lowland gorilla, who had not yet been ...