Just in time for the crowds visiting the Los Angeles Zoo during the holidays, a western lowland gorilla has birthed an infant who has not yet given a name, and zoo officials say they don’t know if it’s a girl or a boy. In a statement by the zoo, “The new gorilla makes the fifth great ape birth at the Zoo, with three chimpanzees and one orangutan also born this year.”

The infant was born to mother 31-year-old N’djia, and father 38-year-old Kelly. N’djia and her baby are now on exhibit at Campo Gorilla Reserve, a zoo exhibit that simulates a rainforest habitat. This is N’djia’s and Kelly’s second offspring. Their first offspring, Angela, was born at the L.A. Zoo in 2020. • While collecting food, female western lowland gorilla N’djia carefully carries her baby, born on Nov. 22, 2025, with

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