Audubon Zoo is preparing to welcome the birth of a Western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species, after the zoo’s ...

One of the Audubon Zoo's critically endangered lowland gorillas is expecting a baby.

The twins were born to a 22-year-old female named Mafuko, who lost her own mother to armed individuals. The extremely endangered species currently numbers at just over 1,000.

This mother gorilla gently teaching her baby to stand is one of the most loving moments you’ll see today.

A critically endangered, 18-year-old western lowland gorilla named Tumani at the Audubon Zoo is pregnant.

Mafuko, the mom of the twins, was born in 2003 but her mother was shot dead and she later joined a different family, ...