Rafiki was known to visitors as “the thinker” because he often posed like the famous statue, zoo officials said. During his 10 years at the zoo, Rafiki captivated hundreds of thousands of guests.

After a brief, sudden illness, a beloved gorilla at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo died Wednesday, the zoo announced, eliciting an outpouring of sadness and support from its Facebook community. Rafiki, ...

A four-and-a-half ton bronze sculpture of a silverback mountain gorilla named King Nyani has been placed by the NYC parks department in Bella Abzug Park in the Hudson Yards neighborhood of ...

King Nyani is based on an actual gorilla, the head of a family of mountain gorillas that Gillie and Marc met on a trip to Uganda. It is almost 23 feet long, 8.5 feet high and weighs 4,766 pounds.

The silverback, known as Rafiki, was killed by a poacher with a spear, according to the Uganda Wildlife Authority. He was the leader of the famed Nkuringo gorilla group, which has been popular ...

Asha, a Western lowland gorilla at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, is pregnant and due between mid-May and July. Her baby will join a critically endangered species. Skip Navigation ...

A gorilla known for her tickle fights was euthanized due to age-related health decline, a Colorado zoo said. A western Iowland “gorilla icon” named Roxie who was known by Cheyenne Mountain Zoo ...

Victoria Police have cracked the case of Garry, the 1.5 metre tall missing gorilla statue after an Air Wing search located the silverback. An investigation was launched after Garry, who usually ...

When Garry the silverback gorilla went missing from a Victorian retirement community, investigators knew they wouldn’t put up with that kind of “monkey business”.