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 ...

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 — 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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Zoo Knoxville plans to host a Deaf Awareness Day on Monday, April 28, with American Sign Language (ASL) interpreters. The day is meant to highlight the importance of ...

DENVER (CBS4) — Tyler Odum and members of his Boy Scout Troop 337 spent part of their Sunday morning volunteering at the Denver Zoo. He was one of about 1,000 people celebrating Deaf Safari Day, an ...

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 ...