Flea may have looked comfortable in videos showing him hanging with Koko the Gorilla, but he had to turn on the charm in order to win her over. The Red Hot Chili Peppers bass player was on the newest ...

Koko, the sign language-speaking gorilla, died unexpectedly in her sleep last week, just shy of what would have been her 47th birthday on July 4. News of her death saddened millions around the world, ...

Koko, the gorilla whose apparent aptitude for sign language endeared her to fans around the world, died in her sleep on Tuesday morning, according to the Gorilla Foundation, which oversaw her care.

Koko with her caretaker Penny Patterson in the documentary "Koko: The Gorilla Who Talks."Ron Cohn, The Gorilla Foundation-Koko.org Millions are mourning a gorilla, and that's a good sign for humanity.

Koko, a western lowland gorilla who caught the public’s attention in the 1970s for her ability to use a form of American Sign Language, died in her sleep Tuesday morning (June 19), the Gorilla ...

Koko the gorilla, the simian who showed the world that they could communicate has died. The Gorilla Foundation made the announcement. Koko was born 46 years ago at the San Francisco Zoo. She was ...

WOODSIDE, Calif. -- The Gorilla Foundation, based out of Woodside, is among those mourning the loss of Robin Williams. The foundation said the actor and Koko the gorilla shared a special bond. The two ...

Over the years, Koko's fame grew. She appeared on two covers of National Geographic—and even took one of the pictures herself. Fans also fell in love with the friendship Koko developed with her kitten ...

Koko the gorilla who mastered sign language, raised kittens and once playfully tried on the glasses of the late actor Robin Williams, has died. She was 46. The Gorilla Foundation says the western ...

WOODSIDE, Calif. (CBSNewYork/AP) — Koko, the gorilla who mastered sign language, has died. The Gorilla Foundation says the 46-year-old western lowland gorilla died in her sleep at the foundation's ...