(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 in ...

The Detroit Zoo's first-ever baby gorilla has a name: Motema. Pronounced mo-tem-a, the word means "heart" in Lingala. The ...

“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 ...

A special miracle occurred at the Detroit Zoo in the early ... reports that mom and baby are doing very well, along with 36-year-old father, Mshindi. “Gorillas are born at about four or five ...

DETROIT, Mich. (WILX)—The Detroit zoo welcomed its first gorilla born in captivity on Thursday. The zoo said that on Aug. 8, ...

The Detroit Zoo named its first baby gorilla Motema and used a public voting contest, with donations, to support gorilla ...

(CBS DETROIT) - The Detroit Zoo has announced the gender of a baby gorilla born earlier this month and is holding a naming contest to select her name. The zoo announced the birth of a gorilla a ...

Motema -- which translates to “heart” in the Lingala language -- has been selected as the historic baby gorilla’s name.

"Baby B" is about to get a name, but it took careful planning and a trade to get the Detroit Zoo's first baby gorilla. Plus ...

The Detroit Zoo says the birth of a gorilla at the zoo in suburban Detroit is the first in its 96-year history ROYAL OAK, Mich. -- It's a baby — gorilla. The Detroit Zoo in suburban Detroit said ...

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 ...