Shabani, the western lowland gorilla at Higashiyama Zoo, gave me a sidelong glance while his massive back was turned toward me. I couldn’t tell how he felt about the shouts of visitors marveling ...

At the Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens in Nagoya, the family of Shabani, the zoo’s popular western lowland gorilla, had some “trouble” with their new neighbor, a chimpanzee family.

Japan's oldest lioness, Oto, passed away at 25, equivalent to 100 human years, at the Toyohashi Zoo. Known for her elegance ...

Shabani, an 18-year-old silverback who tips the scales at around 400 pounds, has become the star attraction at Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens in Nagoya, striking smouldering poses the movie ...

such as Sapporo Maruyama Zoo in Sapporo and Higashiyama Zoo & Botanical Gardens in Nagoya. The first such initiative is said to have started in December 2018 at Omuta City Zoo in Fukuoka Prefecture.