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Enrichment comes in many forms and is an important part of captive gorillas’ lives as they rely on their human caregivers for all […]
Enrichment comes in many forms and is an important part of captive gorillas’ lives as they rely on their human caregivers for all […]
In the above video, Penny asks Koko a question and Koko responds by having her plush ape sign the answer. Koko was always […]
Happy 41st Birthday Ndume! Ndume came to live with us at the Gorilla Foundation when he was just 10 years old. Koko gave […]
YOUNG KOKO EXPLORES THE SF ZOO (Video: 1973) Penny would take Koko to explore the San Francisco Zoo in the mornings before the […]
Koko nearly died as an infant at the San Francisco Zoo. She became very sick and needed round the clock care to nurse […]
Koko, like all young gorillas, was curious and loved to play. Penny realized that just as a human child would learn, Koko should […]
In the above video, filmed between 1988-1991, gorilla Koko and her companion Michael (raised with Koko from the age of 3) spend time […]
Koko communicated in many ways.  She expressed herself through language and art. She painted and drew throughout her life and was able to […]
Koko often asked for things spontaneously, and we accommodated her requests when both possible and prudent. In this video Koko and Penny are […]
As we celebrate Koko’s birthday on July 4th 2022 (she would have turned 51), we remember some of the joy we shared with […]
In the this video clip, we share another preview of our new Koko Digital Archive project (KokoArc) based on nearly 5 decades of […]
Today would have been Betty White’s 100th birthday, had she lived just 2 weeks longer! I knew she wasn’t going to live forever, […]
Our dedicated conservation partners at ecoflix.com are working to free Billy the elephant who has been suffering for 32 years at the LA […]
Kids4Koko is currently a section of The Gorilla Foundation’s website, koko.org, dedicated to empowering kids to learn from and share Koko’s Legacy:Â Conservation […]
Koko first shared her message of climate change urgency at the Paris Climate Conference in 2015, and the message still resonates today. Koko’s […]
On Oct. 10, 2021, gorilla Ndume turned 40 and we created the above tribute video to help everyone remember how much we love […]
The Koko App has been on the drawing board for some time now, as the ultimate portal for all of us to continue […]
Introduction to Koko, Dr. Penny Patterson and the Gorilla Foundation produced by Goodby, Silverstein and Partners in 1995, as part of a longer […]
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