Pittsburgh Zoo to trade gorillas with Boston’s Franklin Park Zoo

Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium is set to trade gorillas with Boston’s Franklin Park Zoo. Frankie, Pittsburgh’s 7-year-old male ...

Murrysville woman once came face-to-face with ‘Little Joe’ the gorilla

When Krystal Vangura of Murrysville heard that Little Joe the gorilla would be coming to the Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium, she ...

Beloved gorilla Paul Donn passes away at San Diego Zoo Safari Park

Paul Donn, a 37-year-old western lowland gorilla at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, died suddenly on Friday after an ...

Franklin Park Zoo is getting two new gorillas as Little Joe heads to Pittsburgh

Frankie, a 7-year-old gorilla from Pittsburgh, and Moke, an 8-year-old from Washington, D.C., are expected to arrive later ...
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2 major zoos complete ‘bittersweet’ gorilla trade

Both moves were designed to provide a healthy, genetically diverse population of critically endangered gorillas in human care ...

First of 2 pregnant gorillas gives birth at Seattle zoo

The first of two pregnant gorillas at the Woodland Park Zoo has delivered her baby, with a second gorilla due to give birth ...

Pittsburgh Zoo acquires 33-year-old Little Joe in gorilla trade with Boston's Franklin Park Zoo

Pittsburgh and Boston are making a trade. But rather than swapping athletes, they're sending one another gorillas.