The annual naming ceremony is a Rwandan tradition. Umurimos's baby gorilla is pictured. Rwanda named 24 new baby gorillas during the 11th Annual Gorilla Naming Ceremony, Kwita Izina, at the foothills ...

Thousands of residents from across Rwanda and guests from around the world gathered in Kinigi, Musanze District, on Friday, September 5 for the 20th Kwita Izina Ceremony, in which baby gorillas were ...

(CBS DETROIT) - The Detroit Zoo has announced the name chosen for the baby gorilla that was born at the zoo last month. After announcing that the female baby was the first gorilla born at the zoo in ...

Gorillas are critically endangered, primarily due to human involvement, with horrific incidents still occurring, like a baby gorilla that was smuggled onto a Turkish Airlines flight heading to ...

Aug. 26 (UPI) --The Detroit Zoo is asking for the public's help to name a baby gorilla born at the zoo earlier this month. The zoo announced Monday that the baby born to first-time mother Bandia in ...

The new baby gorilla at the Little Rock Zoo in Little Rock, Arkansas, now has a name thanks to TODAY viewers. Beni's name, which was revealed April 8 on the show, comes from the name of territory in ...

The yet-to-be-named newborn gorilla residing at the Little Rock Zoo. Credit: Little Rock Zoo The Little Rock Zoo is teaming up with NBC’s TODAY to determine the name of a baby gorilla born March 1. On ...

The Detroit Zoo announced Monday morning that the baby gorilla born on Aug. 8 — the first in the zoo’s 96-year history — is female and continuing to thrive under the care of her mother, 26-year-old ...