Koko, the cat-loving gorilla who touched the world with her compassion, intelligence and mastery of sign language, has died. The western lowland gorilla died Tuesday in her sleep at age 46, the ...

Koko, the western lowland gorilla who learned to speak sign language and had an affinity for kittens, died in her sleep Wednesday. She was 46. The Gorilla Foundation announced Koko’s death, saying she ...

Koko the gorilla, whose remarkable sign-language ability and motherly attachment to pet cats helped change the world’s views about the intelligence of animals and their capacity for empathy, has died ...

Koko, the thoughtful gorilla who captivated the world through her ability to use sign language and revealed an empathetic side to great apes, has died. She was 46. The western lowland gorilla passed ...

Koko, the beloved gorilla who was able to communicate in more than 1,000 signs, has died at 46 in California's Santa Cruz mountains. The Gorilla Foundation said the 46-year-old western lowland gorilla ...

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Feline fanciers will purr over The Private Life of the Cat Who...: Tales of Koko and Yum Yum from the Journals of James Mackintosh Qwilleran, by Lilian Jackson Braun, author of The Cat Who Brought ...

A cat in central Japan’s Toyama city has been honoured by local police for helping lead to the rescue of an elderly man who had fallen into an irrigation channel. On June 16, a 77-year-old woman ...