Amare, an eastern lowland gorilla who is a resident at Chicago’s Lincoln Park Zoo is apparently so fond of staring at a phone screen that he...

A number of animals worldwide have been infected with the virus that causes COVID-19, including pets like cats and dogs, farmed mink, and la...

Gorillas at Zoo Atlanta are being treated after initial tests showed they were positive for the coronavirus — and the zoo plans to vaccinate...

Dogs can read human emotions. So, it appears, can horses. Whales have regional accents. Ravens have demonstrated that they might be able to ...

  Silverback mountain gorillas are powerful creatures. Typically, one adult male leads a band of females and juveniles. Males without a floc...

Like us, gorillas live in close-knit families. They care for their own, they snuggle each other at night, and they share about 98% of their ...

Koko was one special gorilla. She could communicate very well with her handlers and loved taking on a mother role to other animals. After be...

Nabisco's parent company redesigned Barnum's Animal Crackers boxes to show the animals roaming free — and not in cages — after pr...

The world was struck with grief once again when the beloved gorilla, Koko, passed away at the age of 46. Koko's ability to use sign ...

Koko, the gorilla who mastered sign language and became a pop-culture phenomenon, will be laid to rest Saturday in a ceremony at an animal...

When a celebrity passes away, fans around the world take to social media to share their condolences and their favorite songs, movies, or e...

An 18-year-old gorilla named Louis hates to get his hands dirty. That’s why he sometimes walks upright like a human -- especially when foo...

A holiday weekend outing at Cincinnati's zoo turned doubly tragic Saturday when a 4-year-old boy was hospitalized after falling into a...

Not long after a poacher’s trap killed a young mountain gorilla in Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park, researchers actually witnessed a cou...

Shabani, the 'handsome gorilla' is driving Japanese girls mad. The Australian-raised gorilla finds fame as women flock to the zoo...

A year after the starting fight for legal personhood for the research chimpanzees Hercules and Leo, the apes and their lawyers got their ...

There's a new reason for families to swing over to Lincoln Park Zoo. A western lowland gorilla was born there in this week. Visitors...

A gorilla at the Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha, Nebraska, likes to give his onlookers a thrill. As seen on this video, he waits motionless the...

Among the millions mourning the death of Robin Williams on Monday was Koko, a gorilla who communicates in sign language. Williams met Koko...