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She had a spunky personality she showed off by either loudly indulging in her favorite snack or throwing her bedding from her ...
Kwizera, a 37-year-old gorilla at the Memphis Zoo, died unexpectedly on July 6. Zoo staff attempted to revive her but were ...
Kwizera was adopted into the Memphis Zoo family in 2009, coming from Buffalo, New York, and joined the zoo's first cohesive ...
A gorilla died at the Memphis Zoo earlier this month, the zoo announced in a social media post on Monday. The post says ...
Kwizera, who had lived up to 37 years old, died "unexpectedly" earlier this month after what the zoo called "a brief illness.
Sophia Surrett is a recent University of Alabama graduate, where she received her B.A. in news media and M.A. in journalism ...
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - The Memphis Zoo is reporting that one of the beloved gorillas passed away. According to a statement posted by the Memphis Zoo, Kwizera the gorilla passed away after being found ...
From pandas to grizzly bears, the Memphis Zoo's evolution over the past three decades reflects one family's dedication to ...
Suci was born in 2023, and her birth was the first to happen at the Memphis Zoo since 1998. Now, she'll find a new home.
As you might expect, the Memphis Zoo has a quintessential "reptile guy" -- and, arguably, he knows more about snakes than anyone else in Memphis.
MEMPHIS ZOO NEWS: This Memphis Zoo animal is feeling 22 after celebrating her birthday Taylor Swift-style. The zoo used the social post to remind visitors to never throw anything into animal ...
Memphis Zoo curator Courtney Janney collects children's toys, those the kids had outgrown or in which they had lost interest, for her animal family.