In this 2016 photo provided by the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden the silverback gorilla Ndume picks up a toy at The Gorilla Foundation’s preserve in California’s Santa Cruz mountains. The ...

Celebrity gorilla Koko died in her sleep this week at age 46, the Gorilla Foundation announced today. Koko, a western lowland gorilla, was famed for her knowledge of sign language and ability to ...

The Cincinnati Zoo is moving ahead with its lawsuit seeking the return of a 37-year-old gorilla from The Gorilla Foundation in California. The zoo filed additional court documents late Thursday in ...

Koko, the gorilla who mastered sign language and showed the world what great apes can do, has died. She died Tuesday in her sleep at age 46, The Gorilla Foundation said in a statement. “Koko touched ...

The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden is suing a California gorilla sanctuary for custody of a male gorilla which it loaned to serve as a companion for Koko, the gorilla who famously learned sign ...

Ndume at The Gorilla Foundation in California. Cincinnati Zoo officials are in San Francisco Monday for a court-ordered mediation with California-based The Gorilla Foundation.At issue is the future of ...

A male silverback gorilla loaned to a California group in 1991 as a possible mate for Koko, the gorilla who astounded the world by learning sign language, must be returned to a zoo in Cincinnati, a ...

WOODSIDE, Calif. (KGO) -- The Gorilla Foundation, based out of Woodside, is among those mourning the loss of Robin Williams. The foundation said the actor and Koko the gorilla shared a special bond.

Koko the gorilla doted on her pet kitten as if it were her own child. To the amazement of her human handlers, she seemed able to capture the joys and annoyances of maternal love in strings of simple ...

Koko, the thoughtful gorilla who captivated the world through her ability to use sign language and revealed an empathetic side to great apes, has died. She was 46. The western lowland gorilla passed ...

The Cincinnati Zoo is suing for the return of a gorilla loaned to a California conservatory as a companion for Koko, the late gorilla famed for mastering sign language. In a complaint filed Thursday ...