(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 ...

“This is really special, because the Detroit Zoo, since it opened in 1928, has never had a baby gorilla born here. We’re just so grateful that everything is working out, and it’s a privilege ...

The Detroit Zoo's first-ever baby gorilla has a name ... Motema has already captured the hearts of zoo visitors as the first gorilla to be born in the zoo's 96-year history.

The Detroit Zoo announced Monday morning that the baby gorilla born on Aug. 8 — the first in the zoo’s 96-year history — is female and continuing to thrive under the care of her mother ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A baby gorilla boy born at Seattle's Woodland Park Zoo earlier this summer who his mother rejected has now ...

This moment comes not long after the Detroit Zoo welcomed the first gorilla born in its 96-year history ... a 36-year-old silverback, the baby girl was named Motema, meaning “heart” in the ...

DETROIT, Mich. (WILX)—The Detroit zoo welcomed its first gorilla born in captivity on Thursday. The zoo said that on Aug. 8, gorilla Bandia became the proud mother of the first gorilla born at ...

ROYAL OAK, Mich. – The first baby gorilla born at the Detroit Zoo in its nearly 100-year history officially has a name. The name was chosen through a contest in which fans could vote for their ...

ROYAL OAK, Mich. (AP) — It's a baby — gorilla. The Detroit Zoo in suburban Detroit said the birth Thursday was the first in its 96-year history. “Bandia had a very smooth pregnancy ...