(CBS DETROIT) - The Detroit Zoo has announced the name chosen for the baby gorilla that was born at the zoo last month . After announcing that the female baby was the first gorilla born at the zoo in ...

The Detroit Zoo's first-ever baby gorilla has a name: Motema. Pronounced mo-tem-a, the word means "heart" in Lingala. The ...

Motema -- which translates to “heart” in the Lingala language -- has been selected as the historic baby gorilla’s name.

After over two weeks of voting, the newest western lowland gorilla troop member at the Detroit Zoo has a name. The winning ...

Thank you to everyone who voted, your donations help support gorilla conservation efforts all around the world,” the ...

"Baby B" is about to get a name, but it took careful planning and a trade to get the Detroit Zoo's first baby gorilla. Plus ...

The Detroit Zoo named its first baby gorilla Motema and used a public voting contest, with donations, to support gorilla ...

ROYAL OAK, MI - The first gorilla born at the Detroit Zoo in its 96-year history finally has her name. After asking the ...

40-year-old Kweli, an experienced foster parent, has been sitting at Abeo's door every day, seemingly waiting for the baby ...

The Louisville Zoo recently had a baby boom.One of those animals came to the zoo as a foster and people have been curious ...

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Zoo staff will work on introducing Gilda and her new bundle of joy to the rest of the bonobo troop, and the rest of the habitat, when they both are ready, the zoo said.