The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Koko, a beloved gorilla that learned to communicate with humans and then stole their hearts, has died.

Koko, the gorilla whose apparent aptitude for sign language endeared her to fans around the world, died in her sleep on Tuesday morning, according to the Gorilla Foundation, which oversaw her care.

(Reuters) - Koko, a western lowland gorilla said to have mastered American Sign Language, has died aged 46, the California institute which studied her said on Thursday. "The Gorilla Foundation is sad ...

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, ...

Socrates, a great philosopher, speculated that without verbal or written language, one could communicate using sign language. Little did he know that more than 2,000 years later, animals would be able ...

Koko, a beloved gorilla that learned to communicate with humans and then stole their hearts, has died. The Gorilla Foundation said the 46-year-old celebrity ape - a western lowland gorilla - died in ...