"Koko touched the lives of millions as an ambassador for all gorillas and an icon for interspecies communication and empathy," the release said. "She was beloved and will be deeply missed." The ...

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 ...

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, ...