One of the gorillas at the Memphis Zoo died July 6, the zoo announced on X July 14. The 37-year-old gorilla, named Kwizera, ...

A gorilla died at the Memphis Zoo earlier this month, the zoo announced in a social media post on Monday. The post says ...

Kwizera was adopted into the Memphis Zoo family in 2009, coming from Buffalo, New York, and joined the zoo's first cohesive ...

Kwizera, who had lived up to 37 years old, died "unexpectedly" earlier this month after what the zoo called "a brief illness.

Mwelu, a Western Lowland Gorilla, and his three female companions weren't sure what to make of the new addition to their habitat at the Memphis Zoo, but simian body language seemed to indicate ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A birthday bash happened at the Memphis Zoo this week for a very popular zoo member, Mwelu the gorilla. The zoo presented him with an ice cake to help him deal with the heat.

More: Fear of getting sick, missing out, drives Shelby County vaccination rate out of summer slump More: Memphis, Shelby County to offer COVID-19 booster shots to everyone by fall The zookeepers ...

MEMPHIS, TN - The Memphis Zoo has two new additions: a mother gorilla and her daughter on loan from the San Diego Zoo. Zoo officials hope Penny and her daughter Kebara will acclimate a male ...

Koga was born Aug. 14, 1987, at the Bronx Zoo in New York City, where he spent the first seven years of his life before moving to the Memphis Zoo, where he spent the next 13 years.

The Cincinnati Zoo announced with a heavy heart that its 30-year-old silverback gorilla, ... The 320-pound gorilla was born at the Memphis Zoo in 1982 and came to Cincinnati in May 2010 from the ...

Kwizera was adopted into the Memphis Zoo family in 2009, coming from Buffalo, New York, and joined the zoo's first cohesive ...