Nadiri’s firstborn is 5-year-old Yola. The new baby is the second gorilla born at Woodland Park Zoo within a year after baby boy Kitoko was born in March 2020 to mom Uzumma and dad Kwame.

In many ways, raising a baby gorilla is very similar to nurturing human newborns, says Chad Staples, a father of four and the director of Mogo Wildlife Park, a small private zoo in the town of the ...

In 1956, baby girl Colo was the first gorilla born in captivity at the Columbus Zoo. Sully's newborn marks the 34th gorilla born at the wildlife facility.

A baby gorilla in Australia, who was near death shortly after birth last fall, has been nursed back to health and is living with a new adoptive primate parent — all thanks to a caring zookeeper ...

Then on Friday, Staples watched with wonder – but mostly relief – as 10-month-old Kaius shared a breakfast of sweet potatoes and tomatoes with G-Anne, an unrelated 42-year-old female gorilla ...

“With a baby, you’ve only got to deal with some little hands that might help, but with a gorilla, he was really right into making it very difficult,” he said.

“With a baby, you’ve only got to deal with some little hands that might help, but with a gorilla, he was really right into making it very difficult,” he said.

“With a baby, you’ve only got to deal with some little hands that might help, but with a gorilla, he was really right into making it very difficult,” he said.