CINCINNATI (AP) - The Cincinnati Zoo is suing for the return of a gorilla loaned to a California conservatory as a companion for Koko, the late gorilla famed for mastering sign language. In a ...

ATLANTA — Zoo Atlanta is partnering with the Georgia Center of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing to host American Sign Language (ASL) Family Day. The event will take place Saturday, Oct. 2 from 9 a.m. to 6 ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – This spring, the Oklahoma City Zoo and Botanical Garden will begin providing American Sign Language (ASL) interpreters for guests who are deaf and hard of hearing. ASL ...

ATLANTA — Chantek, a male orangutan at the Atlanta zoo who was well-known for his knowledge of sign language, has died at age 39, officials say. The orangutan's cause of death hasn't been determined, ...

Chantek, a male orangutan who lived at Zoo Atlanta, was one of the first apes to successfully learn American Sign Language. He knew other tricks, too. Raised by an anthropologist, Chantek was taught ...

Aug. 8 (UPI) --Chantek -- one of the first orangutans in the world to learn sign language, and who used it to communicate with zookeepers -- has died at the age of 39, officials announced. Among the ...

Hundreds of students are expected to participate Tuesday in the Minnesota Zoo’s second annual American Sign Language Day. It’s part of the zoo’s World Language Days series. Students will tour the ...

CINCINNATI (AP) — A judge has ordered the Cincinnati Zoo and a gorilla conservatory to resolve a custody dispute over a gorilla loaned as a companion to Koko, the late gorilla famous for mastering ...

This is the incredible moment a huge gorilla at Miami Zoo communicates in sign language and then coyly breaks the rules, but not before making sure his trainer isn't looking. Footage captured by a ...

The adorable moment a bilingual toddler tells a family friend all about her day at the zoo in British sign language has gone viral online. Footage shared on Facebook shows Kate Sinclair, two, from ...