A gorilla who learned to communicate in sign language has died at the age of 46.

Not many men can claim to have helped impregnate a gorilla or to have delivered a primate by caesarean section, but David Cahill’s CV is fairly unique, even in the radical world of fertility medicine.

One of the world's oldest silverback gorillas has died.

A barrier separating Cincinnati Zoo visitors from a gorilla exhibit was not in compliance with standards when a three-year-old boy managed to slip inside, resulting in the shooting death of an endangered gorilla named Harambe, inspectors have concluded.

Why.

The Twitter accounts of an Ohio zoo targeted by online critics and trolls over the shooting of a gorilla have been taken down.

Dublin Zoo has announced the arrival of a baby western lowland gorilla.

The Cincinnati Zoo has reopened its gorilla exhibit with a higher, reinforced barrier installed after a young boy got into the exhibit and was dragged by a 400-pound gorilla, which was then shot and killed.

A prosecutor has said he is not seeking charges against the mother of a 3-year-old boy who got into the Cincinnati Zoo’s gorilla exhibit, resulting in the shooting of an endangered gorilla to protect the child.

No charges will be brought against the mother of a boy who got into the gorilla exhibit at Cincinnati Zoo, a prosecutor has announced, saying the three-year-old "just scampered off".

Emergency service recordings have revealed the confusion and panic after a three-year-old boy fell into Cincinnati Zoo’s gorilla exhibit.

Police investigating after a three-year-old boy entered a Cincinnati Zoo gorilla exhibit and was dragged around by a massive primate that was shot dead to protect him have said they are looking only at actions by the child's family.

The director of Cincinnati Zoo's has insisted the decision to kill a gorilla after a boy entered its enclosure was the right one.

Animal rights activists have staged a vigil for the gorilla killed at Cincinnati Zoo after a four-year-old boy slipped into his enclosure.

The lead gorilla at Dublin Zoo, Harry, has died.

A special bond was created between a boy and a Gorilla at Louisville Zoo in Kentucky yesterday.

Lions, tigers and gorillas - oh my!

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"I look fantastic"

This is absolutely terrifying.

It must have been very convincing.