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Every year on July 4, Penny Patterson throws a birthday party near her Woodside, Calif., home. There are the usual markings of such an occasion — wrapped presents, a cake with candles, the singing of ...

Koko the gorilla doted on her pet kitten as if it were her own child. To the amazement of her human handlers, she seemed able to capture the joys and annoyances of maternal love in strings of simple ...

Editor's note: Koko the gorilla, an ambassador for her species famous for learning sign language, has died at the age of 46. To honor Koko's memory, National Geographic is republishing "Conversations ...

Even the experts can’t teach a gorilla to be a mother — that comes from the heart. In a video posted this week by her caretakers, Koko the gorilla — famous for her knowledge of modified American Sign ...

Koko was 13 years old when she learned her beloved kitten, All Ball, died after being hit by a car. Visibly upset, the western lowland gorilla kept signing the words “sad, frown, cry, bad” and cried ...