OMAHA, Neb. – It was a bit of a zoo at the Nebraska Medical Center over the weekend, when a special patient came in for jaw surgery. Motuba, a 27-year-old silverback gorilla, needed a CT scan after a ...

(WBIR) A UT Medical Center doctor, who normally treats trauma patients, dealt with a first--operating on a 385 lb. gorilla. Wanto, a 37-year-old silverback Western lowland gorilla, had a broken femur.

A Cincinnati Zoo gorilla is recovering from surgery after breaking her arm in a fight last week with two other gorillas. Eleven-year-old Gladys, one of 11 gorillas housed at the zoo, underwent surgery ...