Mama gorilla Bandia sits with her newborn in the Great Apes of Harmabee Habitat at the Detroit Zoo on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024. The zoo is holding a contest to name the baby female gorilla. “We are so ...

The baby does not yet have a name, as the gender has not yet been determined. The Detroit Zoo's first-ever baby gorilla was born to mother Bandia in the early morning hours of Aug. 8, 2024.

A special miracle occurred at the Detroit Zoo in the early morning hours of Thursday, Aug. 8: 26-year-old gorilla Bandia gave birth to the very first baby gorilla in the zoo’s 96-year history.

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 ...

Detroit Zoo People had from Aug. 29 through Sept. 9 to pick their favorite name for the baby gorilla and could vote as many times as they wanted, but each vote required a minimum donation of $10.

This photo made available by the Detroit Zoo, shows an unnamed baby gorilla — the first to be born at the Detroit Zoo — arriving Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024 and joining a troop of four including ...

The Detroit Zoo is hosting a welcome party on Sept. 2 and 3 to celebrate the arrival of Mshindi, Tulivu, Bandia and Nayembi. Visitors will be able to learn more about the new gorillas from the zoo ...

The baby gorilla, who does not yet have a name, is the fifth gorilla to call the Detroit Zoo home, joining her parents, as well as 20-year-old Tulivu and 11-year-old Nayembi, who arrived at the ...

This photo made available by the Detroit Zoo, shows an unnamed baby gorilla is the first to be born at the Detroit Zoo, arriving Thursday, August 8, 2024 and joining a troop of four including ...

The Detroit Zoo is hosting a welcome party on Sept. 2 and 3 to celebrate the arrival of Mshindi, Tulivu, Bandia and Nayembi. Visitors will be able to learn more about the new gorillas from the zoo ...

Detroit Zoo Tulivu, Bandia and Mshindi came from the Cincinnati Zoo, where they had lived together since 2019. The fourth gorilla, Nayembi was at the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago.

A male silverback and three female gorillas are making their new home at the Detroit Zoo’s Great Apes of Harambee habitat, following their transfer there from the Cincinnati Zoo and Chicago’s ...