The Cheyenne Mountain Zoo had to say goodbye to a longtime friend and familiar face, the 48-year-old gorilla Roxie, who was ...

Roxie was a beloved 48-year-old Western lowland gorilla who was a key figure in her troop and helped gorilla conservation.

The Cheyenne Mountain Zoo had to say goodbye to a longtime friend and familiar face, the 48-year-old gorilla Roxie, who was humanely euthanized on Tuesday due to her age affecting her health.

The face was familiar, not only by its features ... with Peanuts came after more than three years of study of the mountain gorilla (Gorilla gorilla beringei), largest of the great apes.

Mountain gorillas are a subspecies of eastern gorilla (Gorilla beringei). As their name hints, they live in the mountains at elevations between 8,000 and 13,000 feet. These gorillas live on the ...

At one point, we come face to face with about 40 soldiers brandishing ... It also sparked a multi-million-dollar boom in mountain gorilla tourism. Today visitors are largely confined to the ...

The zoo's online announcement has taken off on social media, with comments flooding in about the gorilla baby. 'Such a sweet little nose and expressive face!! Adelina is doing a wonderful job!!' ...