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World Gorilla Day 2022

Happy World Gorilla Day! This year we are celebrating the 55th anniversary of Dian Fossey’s research and establishment of the Karisoke Research Center in Rwanda’s Virunga Mountains. Fifty-five years ago, Fossey was one of [...]

The Chew Crew: Creating a Female Led Gorilla Troop

Hi Zoo friends! We have some exciting news to share, coming from Gorilla World. After the passing of our silverback Jomo, the gorilla troop and caregiver team have been adapting to the loss. While [...]

World Gorilla Day: Meet our Gorillas!

Happy World Gorilla Day! Today is an important day to admire gorillas, inspire humans and to recycle cell phones! There are 4 subspecies of gorillas: Western lowland gorillas, Eastern lowland gorilla, mountain gorilla and [...]