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First Baby Gorilla for Cassie in Columbus

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Gorilla mom Cassie and Columbus Zoo staff were all thrilled Sept 29th to welcome an adorable newborn gorilla. This is the first baby for Cassie, a critically endangered Western Lowland Gorilla. Father Annaka and two other members of the ...

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Baby Orangutan is a Precious Gift for Twycross Zoo

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The United Kingdom's Twycross Zoo has announced the birth of an Orangutan! Born in the early hours of the morning on November 28, the newborn ape is happy, healthy and doing very well. The new arrival is 36-year old Kibriah’s fourth o...

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New Crested Macaque Baby At Dublin Zoo

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The Sulawesi Crested Macaque Island at the Dublin Zoo celebrated yet another addition to their troop. Since Sumo the alpha male arrived in 2009 the group has welcomed five youngsters with this most recent addition born about a month ag...

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Lincoln Park Zoo Welcomes Second New Gorilla

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Lincoln Park Zoo’s Western Lowland Gorilla troop welcomed another new face on June 12 at Regenstein Center for African Apes! Bana, 24, gave birth to a healthy infant, exactly one month after the arrival of a male infant that was born t...

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Belfast's Baby Gorilla Is a Girl!

(6) Zoos are increasingly important in the conservation of species under threat. Belfast Zoo takes part in a breeding programme for this species.

A critically endangered Western Lowland Gorilla born at the Belfast Zoo on August 28 is a girl! Because baby Gorillas cling to their mother’s belly for the first few months of life, keepers were unable to determine the baby’s gender un...