The zoo shared on social media that the baby gorilla that was born to first-time mom Gladys on September 20 will be named Mboka Jo. The name was chosen by the primate team at the zoo. Mboka means ...

The moniker "means community/village in Lingala, one of the languages spoken in the region where western lowland gorillas live," according to the animal establishment Zoo attendees celebrated the ...

The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden announced the name of Gladys the gorilla's three-week-old son. The zoo's care team selected "Mboka Jo," the Cincinnati Zoo wrote on X on Oct. 13. "Mboka" means ...