Gorillas in the Congo Archives - Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden https://cincinnatizoo.org/category/gorillas-in-the-congo/ Inspiring everyone with wildlife every day! Tue, 14 Oct 2025 16:42:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://cincinnatizoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/cropped-CZBG-full-whitetrim_expanded_Shadow_R-cropped-32x32.png Gorillas in the Congo Archives - Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden https://cincinnatizoo.org/category/gorillas-in-the-congo/ 32 32 Cincinnati Zoo Welcomes Third Cohort of Coexistence Impact Fellows https://cincinnatizoo.org/cincinnati-zoo-welcomes-third-cohort-of-coexistence-impact-fellows/ https://cincinnatizoo.org/cincinnati-zoo-welcomes-third-cohort-of-coexistence-impact-fellows/#respond Fri, 25 Jul 2025 18:45:11 +0000 https://cincinnatizoo.org/?p=255460 The post Cincinnati Zoo Welcomes Third Cohort of Coexistence Impact Fellows appeared first on Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden.

]]> https://cincinnatizoo.org/cincinnati-zoo-welcomes-third-cohort-of-coexistence-impact-fellows/feed/ 0 Baby on the Way! First-Time Gorilla Parents Are Expecting https://cincinnatizoo.org/baby-on-the-way-first-time-gorilla-parents-are-expecting/ https://cincinnatizoo.org/baby-on-the-way-first-time-gorilla-parents-are-expecting/#respond Sun, 18 May 2025 20:26:46 +0000 https://cincinnatizoo.org/?p=254174 The post Baby on the Way! First-Time Gorilla Parents Are Expecting appeared first on Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden.

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]]> https://cincinnatizoo.org/your-old-ipod-can-help-save-gorillas/feed/ 0 Cincinnati Zoo Fellows: The Next Generation of Wildlife Conservationists https://cincinnatizoo.org/cincinnati-zoo-fellows-the-next-generation-of-wildlife-conservationists/ https://cincinnatizoo.org/cincinnati-zoo-fellows-the-next-generation-of-wildlife-conservationists/#respond Thu, 03 Oct 2024 21:51:24 +0000 https://cincinnatizoo.org/?p=249886 The post Cincinnati Zoo Fellows: The Next Generation of Wildlife Conservationists appeared first on Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden.

]]> https://cincinnatizoo.org/cincinnati-zoo-fellows-the-next-generation-of-wildlife-conservationists/feed/ 0 Important Piece in the Congo Conservation Puzzle in Place!  https://cincinnatizoo.org/important-piece-in-the-congo-conservation-puzzle-in-place/ https://cincinnatizoo.org/important-piece-in-the-congo-conservation-puzzle-in-place/#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2023 18:14:10 +0000 https://blog.cincinnatizoo.org/?p=18289 Last week, The Republic of Congo announced the growth of Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park by adding an important piece to the landscape puzzle – the Djéké Triangle. This valuable and newly protected landscape is the only place in the world home to both gorillas and chimpanzees! The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden has supported the conservation […]

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]]> https://cincinnatizoo.org/important-piece-in-the-congo-conservation-puzzle-in-place/feed/ 9 World Gorilla Day 2022 https://cincinnatizoo.org/world-gorilla-day-2022/ https://cincinnatizoo.org/world-gorilla-day-2022/#comments Sat, 24 Sep 2022 07:08:14 +0000 http://blog.cincinnatizoo.org/?p=18013 Happy World Gorilla Day! This year we are celebrating the 55th anniversary of Dian Fossey’s research and establishment of the Karisoke Research Center in Rwanda’s Virunga Mountains. Fifty-five years ago, Fossey was one of the first to lead groundbreaking research and observations of mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei) that led to current conservation efforts and […]

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]]> https://cincinnatizoo.org/world-gorilla-day-2022/feed/ 6 Happy Birthday to Cincinnati Zoo’s Oldest Silverback Gorilla! https://cincinnatizoo.org/happy-birthday-to-cincinnati-zoos-oldest-silverback-gorilla/ Sun, 10 Oct 2021 14:03:26 +0000 http://cincinnatizoo.org/?post_type=news&p=209203 Ndume celebrates 40th birthday with his troop CINCINNATI, OH (October 10, 2021) — Since silverback gorilla Ndume’s return to his original home at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden in June of 2019, he has been living with two female gorilla companions and has formed bonds with his care team in Gorilla World, where the […]

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]]> World Gorilla Day: Meet our Gorillas! https://cincinnatizoo.org/world-gorilla-day-meet-our-gorillas/ https://cincinnatizoo.org/world-gorilla-day-meet-our-gorillas/#comments Thu, 24 Sep 2020 13:49:51 +0000 http://blog.cincinnatizoo.org/?p=16333 Happy World Gorilla Day! Today is an important day to admire gorillas, inspire humans and to recycle cell phones! There are 4 subspecies of gorillas: Western lowland gorillas, Eastern lowland gorilla, mountain gorilla and Cross River gorilla, all of which are categorized as Critically Endangered. Western lowland gorillas are the subspecies that we have here […]

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]]> https://cincinnatizoo.org/world-gorilla-day-meet-our-gorillas/feed/ 9 Decades of Dedication – Cincinnati Zoo Gorillas https://cincinnatizoo.org/decades-of-dedication-cincinnati-zoo-gorillas/ https://cincinnatizoo.org/decades-of-dedication-cincinnati-zoo-gorillas/#comments Tue, 24 Sep 2019 13:30:25 +0000 http://blog.cincinnatizoo.org/?p=15647 Since the mid-1930s gorillas have been a foundation species for the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden (CZBG) beginning with the first resident “Susie”. Susie resided in the “Monkey House”. This registered historic landmark is the Reptile House today. Susie was billed as the world’s only trained gorilla and would sit at a tea table, use […]

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]]> https://cincinnatizoo.org/decades-of-dedication-cincinnati-zoo-gorillas/feed/ 6 World Gorilla Day and the Cincinnati Zoo https://cincinnatizoo.org/world-gorilla-day-and-the-cincinnati-zoo/ https://cincinnatizoo.org/world-gorilla-day-and-the-cincinnati-zoo/#comments Sat, 23 Sep 2017 13:00:45 +0000 http://blog.cincinnatizoo.org/?p=13583 “Susie, King Tut, Penelope, Hatari, Mahari, Samantha, Sam, Timu, Colossus, Jomo, Gladys, Mona and Elle”.  The list of names goes on and on.  For 80 + years, more than 65 western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) have resided at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden (CZBG) and are a foundation species for our organization. On […]

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