For most of us, visiting the zoo as a child brings up happy memories of adventures, melting ice cream, and childhood friends.

The Dallas Zoo announced the death of the beloved 23-year-old gorilla Zola in a social media post Friday afternoon.

Zola, a western lowland gorilla from the Dallas Zoo, was set to move to San Antonio this month as part of a planned transfer ...

At 5 a.m., six keepers file into the Houston Zoo's commissary kitchen and spend the next five hours chopping produce, portioning meat and weighing hay. By the time the rest of the zoo staff arrives, ...

Zola, a young Western lowland gorilla, died on Wednesday, November 5, at age 23. The zoo does not know why Zola died.

Zoo officials say the 23‑year‑old western lowland gorilla showed sudden signs of illness last week and received intensive ...