The focal point of the exhibit is the Mays Family Silverback Peak, a 74-foot-tall climbing tower. From the top, the gorillas ...

Every morning while the great apes of the L.A. Zoo are sleeping, Tania Prebble goes around distributing their food, medicine ...

Since opening on December 13, Congo Falls has nearly doubled the San Antonio Zoo's visitor budget to over 30,000, a feat even more impressive considering San Antonio has seen less than ideal weather.

Smokey Bear. Ham the Space Chimp. Hsing-Hsing and Ling-Ling. Not many animals reach celebrity status, but it’s a bit of a tradition here at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo. In January, we rolled out ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Zoo Knoxville is celebrating the birth of a new Western lowland gorilla. This is the fourth gorilla born at Zoo Knoxville in the zoo’s history, and the first gorilla birth ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Zoo Knoxville announced the birth of a baby western lowland gorilla. Zoo Knoxville said Kumi, a 27-year-old gorilla, gave birth on Wednesday morning. This is the fourth gorilla ...

SAN ANTONIO – Congo Falls, a new two-acre gorilla exhibit at the San Antonio Zoo, is set to open this weeeknd, marking the return of gorillas to the zoo for the first time in more than 30 years. The ...

At long last, the gorillas are coming to their new home. This morning, the San Antonio Zoo officially announced the grand opening of Congo Falls. The zoo’s state-of-the-art, two-acre habitat for ...

A rendering of Congo Falls at San Antonio Zoo (SAN ANTONIO ZOO, KSAT 2025) SAN ANTONIO – The San Antonio Zoo’s opening of its new gorilla exhibit is still on schedule after the death of Zola, one of ...

Congo Falls will be the San Antonio Zoo’s first gorilla habitat in more than three decades. Credit: Courtesy Photo / San Antonio Zoo One of the gorillas scheduled to relocate to the San Antonio Zoo’s ...

The San Antonio Zoo says the death of one of its would-be tenants, a "critically endangered" 23-year-old male Western Lowland gorilla named Zola, won't delay the opening of its incoming Congo Falls ...

The groovy gorilla went viral in 2021 for his rhythm and spins Dallas Zoo A 23-year-old gorilla at the Dallas Zoo in Texas died Nov. 5, according to a statement from the zoo The western lowland ...