The Great Ape house at the National Zoo was closed abruptly to the public yesterday after what a zoo spokeswoman said was an "inconclusive" tuberculosis test on one of the gorillas housed there.

The Great Ape House at the National Zoo was closed until Tuesday to provide Calaya a quiet space to bond with her infant, the zoo said. Western Lowland Gorillas live in the forests of Gabon, ...

Unlike the baboons other happy hours attract, the National Zoo’s wine tasting tonight boasts a primate you’ll want to meet — a 3-month-old western lowland gorilla named Kibibi, which means ...

A baby western lowland gorilla was born at the National Zoo yesterday in full view of visitors and a zoo volunteer, officials announced this morning. Visitors can see the mother and baby, along ...

Primate staff at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute’s (NZCBI) campus in Washington, D.C., ... Batang, who gave birth to their son, Redd, in September 2016. Zoo visitors ...

On Sept. 22, the National Zoo plans to entertain folks at an affair called "Grapes with the Apes." It's a wine tasting and a way to visit the great ape.

From Bison to Biopark: 100 Years of the National Zoo. Washington, D.C.: Friends of the National Zoo, 1989. Torch, 7/1976, p. 5 Summary From the mid-1950s to the late 1980s, new facilities and ...

A great ape keeper will be available at the Zoo’s Great Ape House each day at 11:30 a.m. to answer questions. You Might Also Like First Infant Gorilla Born at the Zoo in Nine Years; Watch a ...

Visitors can still see the zoo’s other four gorillas at the Great Ape House and meet an animal keeper to learn more about the apes every day at 11:30 a.m. You Might Also Like ...

WASHINGTON — The Smithsonian’s National Zoo is celebrating the birth of a baby orangutan, whose arrival Monday night is the first of its kind in 25 years. Related Stories DC panda birthday ...

Bonnie, an orangutan at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C., has taught herself to whistle. She seems to have learned by watching zookeepers who whistled as they worked, ...