Photo in the News: Rare Mountain Gorilla Born in Congo
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The arrival of an infant mountain gorilla is giving conservationists battling to save the critically endangered great apes an uncommon reason to celebrate.
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KINIGI, Rwanda  - Actress Natalie Portman and other celebrities descended on a Rwandan wildlife park on Saturday to name 23 baby mountain gorillas and help efforts to conserve the highly endangered species.
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A rare okapi &#151; something of a cross between a giraffe and a zebra &#151; born at the St. Louis Zoo this summer is doing well despite a shaky relationship with its mother, zoo officials said Wednesday.
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This week: "virgin" komodo birth, groundbreaking rhino, firearm bonfire, new species of lizards, a new nocturnal rodent, and more.
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REGENT, Sierra Leone  - They can leap playful somersaults or maul a human to death. Meet the chimpanzee, man's closest relative.
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Eighty-four Siberian tigers, among the world's rarest animals, have been born since March at a northeastern China breeding center, an official said Sunday.
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Researchers with the Henry Doorly Zoo have discovered two new species of lemurs, one of the most primitive and endangered primates in the world, the zoo announced Wednesday.
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Four Javan rhinos were born recently in Indonesia, the first known births in three years, raising hope for the future of the endangered species, WWF-Indonesia said.
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A 30-year-old gorilla died Tuesday at Brookfield Zoo, but motherhood may continue: The animal&#39;s eggs will be fertilized, frozen and later placed into another female to create new life.
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NEW YORK Scientists from India working in the Himalayas have discovered a new species of monkey, a stocky, short-tailed, brown-haired creature they have named the Macaca munzala, or Arunachal macaque.
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A western lowland gorilla her keeper described as benevolent died Tuesday at the Brookfield Zoo from complications of kidney failure.
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WASHINGTON -- Recent outbreaks of ebola among people in Africa also killed thousands of gorillas, a species already
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POPTUN, Guatemala  - A picture of a fierce-looking gorilla emblazoned with the words "Welcome to Hell" once hung over the entrance of Central America's toughest military training center, the notorious "Kaibil" school in Guatemala.
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The Brookfield Zoo announced this week the birth of a baby okapi &#151; an endangered African animal that looks as if it were put together by committee.
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Okapi are phantasmagoric creatures that have inspired the work of Dr. Terese Hart, the director of the Wildlife Conservation Society in Congo.
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Five gorillas in Congo that have been straying into villages searching for love are to get their own "bachelor island".
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An Indian rhino was born at the Buffalo Zoo this week, one of less than a dozen births in North America in the last decade, zoo officials said.