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, ...

'Garry' the 1.5 metre silverback gorilla statue disappeared from the Leith Park retirement village at St Helena, in Melbourne 's northeast, on June 6.

Four poachers were arrested this week in connection with the killing of a rare silverback gorilla in Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, a lush preserve of mist-shrouded hillsides and ...

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 ...

According to Victoria Police, Garry was stolen at around 4pm on June 6 — in broad daylight — much to the dismay of residents of the retirement village, who reportedly loved the giant gorilla.

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 ...

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”.