BOSTON - The Franklin Park Zoo is mourning the loss of Kitombe, a 38-year-old male western lowland gorilla. The zoo said "Kit" had serious health issues and was examined under anesthesia on Thursday.

The Franklin Park Zoo announced its newest member of their family: a baby boy gorilla. On Tuesday, the zoo said the baby, who is the first male baby gorilla born at the zoo, was delivered via Cesarean ...

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One of the most popular exhibits at Boston's Franklin Park Zoo is back for another season. "Boston Lights: a Lantern Experience" is opening this Friday. Zoo New England says it has expanded the ...

BOSTON (WHDH) - A giraffe calf that was born in August is making his debut at the Franklin Park Zoo after dealing with health issues after birth. The zoo is now asking for the public’s help in naming ...

The Franklin Park Zoo welcomed a new baby foal to their family. Obi, a Poitou donkey foal, was formally introduced in a social media post on Tuesday. The name is short for “Obernai,” a city in France.

Following a recent and rapid decline in health, Kitombe, a male western lowland gorilla better known to the public as Kit, died at 38 years old on Thursday, the Franklin Park Zoo announced. “We are ...

Two months after his birth in early August, zoo staff in a post on Facebook Tuesday said they named the foal “Obi.” The name is a nod to the French city of Obernai and the French roots of the rare ...

BOSTON (WPRI) — An endangered giraffe calf born at Franklin Park Zoo last month has been successfully reunited with his family following treatment for health complications. Shortly after his birth on ...

Lantern tunnels, flower arches and a 115-foot octopus are just some of the bright displays that await visitors at the Franklin Park Zoo in Boston this year. “Boston Lights: A Lantern Experience” ...

BOSTON (WPRI) — The Franklin Park Zoo’s her of Hartmann’s mountain zebras grew by one earlier this month. The Boston zoo announced that a female foal was born on Sept. 4 to parents 12-year-old Zoey ...