Samson remains the Zoo’s most famous resident and an imposing icon 75 years after arriving in Milwaukee. Our understanding of ...

A thrilling encounter unfolds when a zookeeper finds himself face-to-face with a raging gorilla. It’s a heart-pounding battle ...

A probe of a conservation facility run by the son of billionaire Mukesh Ambani — and inaugurated by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi — has raised questions about how rare animals were imported.

As the United States prepares to celebrate its 250th anniversary, we’ll see a familiar emblem everywhere — the bald eagle, wings outstretched, symbol of freedom and strength.

In October 1950, a pair of baby western lowland gorillas arrived in Milwaukee and became a star attraction at the Washington Park Zoo (the predecessor to today's Milwaukee County Zoo). Pabst Brewing ...

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SAN FRANCISCO - The San Francisco Zoo has welcomed a new resident to its gorilla preserve — a 26-year-old male silverback western lowland gorilla named Cecil. Zoo officials said Cecil was born at the ...

SAN DIEGO — Most zoo visitors hope to see animals doing something other than sleeping when they visit. But some people who visited the San Diego Zoo over the weekend saw a little more activity from ...

SAN DIEGO — A gorilla at the San Diego Zoo broke a glass panel at his enclosure over the weekend, zoo officials said this week, frightening guests who were observing the apes. Ten-year-old Denny broke ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- The newest member of San Francisco's Zoo gorilla troop made his official public debut on Wednesday. Cecil, a 26-year-old silverback western lowland gorilla, comes to San ...

A gorilla at the San Diego Zoo left a large crack in his enclosure after smashing into its glass wall on Saturday, Oct. 11 Denny, a 10-year-old western lowland gorilla, was one of two gorillas in the ...

The 10-year-old gorilla left a large crack in the first of three layers of tempered glass that separates him from visitors at the San Diego Zoo Escher Walcott is a Writer/Reporter at PEOPLE, covering ...