A sixteen-year-old Western lowland silverback from the Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville
in Gorilla World for Spring Training Posted April 14, 2015 A sixteen-year-old Western
Fourteen-year-old western lowland gorilla Anju (pronounced ah-new) gave birth Tuesday
Fourteen-year-old western lowland gorilla Anju (pronounced ah-new) gave birth Tuesday
CINCINNATI – The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden is pleased to announce the 2011 speakers for the 19th annual Barrows Conservation Lecture Series. Once again, the prestigious lecture series will feature an exciting lineup of internationally acclaimed scientists, explorers and conservationists – including Dr. William Conway, recipient of the 2011 Barrows Lecture Conservation Award! Since […]
starting at 7 p.m., Stan Rullman, will present, “Fear and Conservation in the American West
Walking on Knuckles Preferred Cincinnati, OH (October 28, 2011) – Trying to find a good match for a gorilla can sound much like a personal ad for humans (without the knuckle walking, of course). “Jomo,” the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden’s 20-year-old silverback gorilla will soon welcome two female gorillas in hopes of finding true […]
The “gorilla match-making” was set up by the Association of Zoos & Aquariums’ Western
Gorilla World opens to the public tomorrow, December 6 CINCINNATI (December 5, 2017) – The much-anticipated indoor habitat for Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden’s gorillas will open to the public tomorrow, December 6. Donors and sponsors, including The Spaulding Foundation, Harry and Linda Fath, Farmer Family Foundation, and Gorilla Glue, officially cut the ribbon and […]
Western lowland gorillas are critically-endangered in the wild, with less than 175,000
Outdoor gorilla habitat will reopen in early June CINCINNATI (May 19, 2017) – The first of a two-phase Gorilla World expansion will be finished in less than three weeks! Starting this June, Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden visitors will be able to see gorillas in an outdoor habitat that has been modified to make room […]
Western lowland gorillas are critically-endangered in the wild, with less than 175,000
CINCINNATI – (September 23, 2014) Primate keepers and staff at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden are trading in their khaki uniforms for faux-fur vests for the next few months and will work as a team to hand raise a female baby gorilla, “Kamina” (pronounced Kuh-me-nuh), born August 16, 2014, at the Oklahoma City Zoo […]
Western lowland gorillas are critically endangered in the wild, with less than 175,000
Baby Gorilla Receives Around-the-Clock Care CINCINNATI – (February 26, 2013) The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden is turning humans into temporary gorilla moms. Over the next several months, the Zoo will use human surrogates to mimic gorilla behavior with the ultimate goal to get a 4-week-old gorilla baby in the hands of a gorilla surrogate. […]
Western lowland gorillas are critically endangered in the wild, with less than 175,000
The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden (CZBG) announced in August that it was ready to welcome silverback gorilla Ndume [nnn-doo-may] back to his original home in Cincinnati based on a recommendation from The Association of Zoos and Aquariums’ (AZA) Gorilla Species Survival Plan® (GSSP). The 37-year-old gorilla was born in Cincinnati and moved to The […]
Western lowland gorillas are critically endangered in the wild, with fewer than 175,000
Happy World Gorilla Day! This year we are celebrating the 55th anniversary of Dian Fossey’s research and establishment of the Karisoke Research Center in Rwanda’s Virunga Mountains. Fifty-five years ago, Fossey was one of the first to lead groundbreaking research and observations of mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei) that led to current conservation efforts and […]
Western Lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) are the species of gorilla at
