A beloved gorilla died in captivity in Chicago after suffering from heart failure, Lincoln Park Zoo announced on Thursday. Bana was a western lowland gorilla, which is a critically endangered ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Zoo Knoxville announced Wednesday the passing of Kowali, a Western Iowland gorilla. She passed peacefully at 47. Born on Jan. 9, 1978, at Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago ...

before moving back to Lincoln Park Zoo. She ended up at Zoo Knoxville as part of a gorilla species survival plan. The great ape mom of four was an “attentive mother” and “an integral part of ...