Mountain gorillas are a subspecies of eastern gorilla (Gorilla beringei). As their name hints, they live in the mountains at elevations between 8,000 and 13,000 feet. These gorillas live on the ...

Two animals born at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs were euthanized earlier this month due to age-related ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The Cheyenne Mountain Zoo is mourning the death of one of their "gorilla icons." On Tuesday, the zoo humanely euthanized Roxie, a 48-year-old Western lowland gorilla.

DENVER (KDVR) — The Cheyenne Mountain Zoo had to say goodbye to a longtime friend and familiar face, the 48-year-old gorilla Roxie, who was humanely euthanized on Tuesday due to her age ...

Roxie was an icon, according to the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. She was the longest-living resident and was born at the zoo in ...