The Los Angeles Zoo has welcomed its fifth great ape baby since the start of 2025, marking what park officials are officially calling a "baby boom."

The infant was born on Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025, to the western lowland gorillas known as N'djia and Kelly, according to a news release from the zoo. It's their second baby in the last five years, after Angela was born in 2020.

Officials haven't yet named the baby, because they say it is safely bonding with its mother at the Campo Gorilla Reserve. They are unsure if it's a male or a female, thus far.

The infant western lowland gorilla with its mother, N'djia. Los Angeles Zoo

"This is an exciting year for the L.A. Zoo with all of the new great ape infants," said a statement from Misha Body, the deputy zoo director of animals and experie

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