"You key there me cookie." With that sign language, Koko the gorilla tells her mentor; 28-year old graduate student Penny Patterson, to get the key, open the closet and get a goodie out of the cookie ...

CALGARY, Alberta (Gray News) - A gorilla’s death has been ruled an accident caused by “human error,” according to zoo officials in Canada. Eyare, a 2-year-old western lowland gorilla in captivity at ...

CINCINNATI - A 17-year-old gorilla was shot dead Saturday by a Cincinnati Zoo employee who feared the animal would harm a child who had climbed into its enclosure, according to officials. The ...