Gif: Courtesy of Brookfield Zoo Chicago Brookfield Zoo has relocated its gorillas to prepare them for their new $66 million habitat opening this summer. The big picture: At nearly three acres, the ...

Habitat loss is a major threat ... mountain gorillas have longer hair than their eastern lowland cousins, the Grauer's gorillas (Gorilla beringei graueri). They also tend to be a bit larger ...

Their habitat runs throughout the Congo Basin ... This includes around 100,000 western lowland gorillas, 5,000 eastern ...

Bramsen Tropical Forests will include two indoor habitats, one of which the public will be able to see, and four outdoor habitats for western lowland gorillas, Bornean orangutans and several ...

A gorilla known for her tickle fights was euthanized due to age-related health decline, a Colorado zoo said. A western Iowland “ gorilla icon ” named Roxie who was known by Cheyenne Mountain Zoo staff ...

The Cheyenne Mountain Zoo says they are remembering the long life of Roxie, a 48-year-old female Western lowland gorilla.