The Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens of Florida is mourning the loss of three apes after a highly contagious bacterial infection spread through some of its primate population. The zoo reported the first ...

A "handful" of the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens' 18 apes are receiving medical treatment for shigella, a highly contagious bacterial illness that has already claimed the lives of a female western ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Officials at the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens are working overtime to treat several great apes infected with a bacterial infection called Shigella. Some of the animals seem to be ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Bulera, the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens' beloved 35-year-old female western lowland gorilla, was the first to die. The five deaths, according to spokeswoman Emily Long, ...

Duval County residents and zookeepers are mourning the deaths of two more animals, less than a week after a lowland gorilla died from the same highly contagious bacterial illness. Bulera, a ...

Three apes at the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens died over the past week due to a highly infectious bacterial infection, according to the zoo. Bulera, a 35-year-old female lowland gorilla died due to ...