The Cincinnati Zoo plans to reopen its Gorilla World exhibit with a reinforced, higher safety barrier following the death of a gorilla to protect a boy who had entered its enclosure.

Yet one person with knowledge of the zoo business said the decision to kill a 17-year-old gorilla named Harambe after a three-year-old boy managed to get into the exhibit was unlikely to dent ...

Zoos Rethink Gorilla Exhibits. June 18, 2004 / 2:12 PM EDT / AP ... dragging 340-pound gorilla to leap across a 12-foot-wide moat and a wall that separated him from visitors at the Dallas Zoo.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Visitors can now see baby Abeo on exhibit after he made his debut at the Louisville Zoo’s Gorilla Forest. Abeo is a 1 ½-month-old Western Lowland gorilla born on June ...

With a crowd of media and zoo visitors in attendance and a new barrier in place, the Cincinnati Zoo's Gorilla World exhibit reopened Tuesday morning. "Today is a big day," Cincinnati Zoo director ...

The gorilla who is featured in the video is Kijito, a 20-year-old western lowland gorilla, weighing 375 pounds. The zoo said the gorillas are housed in a spacious exhibit that allows for free ...

Gorilla leaps toward exhibit window and hits it, sending family running. Zoo says patrons were never in danger. A family trip to a Nebraska zoo turned terrifying for one family after the gorilla ...

CINCINNATI — The Cincinnati Zoo, where a gorilla was shot and killed over the weekend after a 3-year-old boy climbed over a fence and fell into its enclosure, has an open viewing area that was ...

A Belgian zoo banned a local woman from visiting the park's chimpanzee exhibit due to her "affair" with one of the primates. A chimpanzee named Chita arrived at the Antwerp Zoo 30 years ago.

Indianapolis - The Indianapolis Zoo is pursuing its next big exhibit. Zoo President Mike Crowther says it plans to open a great ape exhibit in 2013 with Lowland Gorillas, Bonobos and chimpanzees, ...

When the local exhibit was built, Taylor said, the zoo looked at every gorilla exhibit in the world and came up with a design it felt was safe for both gorillas and guests.

CINCINNATI -- For many, the death of rare, male gorilla at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden left unanswered questions. But this much became clear Monday: A planned expansion of the exhibit ...