The gorilla's older brother had a traumatic birth that required help from a team of neonatal carers, but this time the ...

Her devastated keepers are trying to come to terms with her unexpected passing, with zoo vets to perform a 'full necropsy' to ...

Animal rights advocates criticized the San Francisco Zoo on Friday after officials disclosed the death of its only male gorilla after a medical procedure. Three advocacy groups, In Defense of Animals, ...

The zoo didn't specify what type of medical procedure the gorilla underwetn. Oscar Jonesy was born in 1981 and had resided at the Buffalo Zoo for many years before becoming the "silverback" or ...

SAN FRANCISCO - A critically endangered Western lowland gorilla, named "Oscar Jonesy," died on Thursday afternoon following a medical procedure at 43 years old, according to the San Francisco Zoo. He ...

Officials at the San Francisco Zoo on Friday confirmed that their 43-year-old endangered Western lowland gorilla named "Oscar Jonesy" died after a medical procedure on Thursday afternoon.