--- title: Baby Gorillas Born at Bronx Zoo description: The babies are the first in 8 years canonical: https://time.com/76370/baby-gorillas-bronx-zoo/ author: Eliana Dockterman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-04-24T19:05:28.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:09:05.705Z og:title: Baby Gorillas Born at Bronx Zoo og:description: The babies are the first in 8 years og:url: https://time.com/76370/baby-gorillas-bronx-zoo/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt16c4ca01892d1374/69868c70e8524be43960290c/ap566133735729.jpg?branch=production&width=1176&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1176 og:image:height: 662 og:image:alt: Tutti og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Baby Gorillas Born at Bronx Zoo twitter:description: The babies are the first in 8 years twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt16c4ca01892d1374/69868c70e8524be43960290c/ap566133735729.jpg?branch=production&width=1176&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Bronx Zoo Welcomes 2 New Adorable Baby Gorillas > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Eliana Dockterman](https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Correspondent Apr 24, 2014 7:05 PM UTC  “Tuti,” a female Western Lowland gorilla looks down at her sleeping baby at the Bronx Zoo in New York. With the addition of two new baby gorillas recently born at the zoo, the Bronx Zoo'’s Congo Gorilla Forest is now home to 20 gorillas. “Tuti,” a female Western Lowland gorilla looks down at her sleeping baby at the Bronx Zoo in New York. With the addition of two new baby gorillas recently born at the zoo, the Bronx Zoo'’s Congo Gorilla Forest is now home to 20 gorillas. Julie Larsen Maher—WCS/AP  by [Eliana Dockterman](https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Correspondent Apr 24, 2014 7:05 PM UTC The Bronx Zoo got two new additions this spring: a pair of [baby gorillas](http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/bronx/2-baby-gorillas-born-bronx-zoo-article-1.1767591). One was born on March 10, the other on April 17\. Though they have two different mothers, Julia and Tuti, they share the same father, Ernie. Zookeepers haven’t determined the sex of the two babies yet because they have not been able to get close enough to examine them, the New York _Daily News_ reports. Newborn gorillas weight between 4 and 5 pounds, though they will grow to be between 350 and 450 pounds if male or 150 to 250 pounds if female. The babies are the first newcomers to the zoo’s Congo Gorilla Forest in eight years. Western lowland gorillas, native to equatorial Africa, are critically endangered. \[[New York _Daily News_](http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/bronx/2-baby-gorillas-born-bronx-zoo-article-1.1767591)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/76370/baby-gorillas-bronx-zoo/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/76370/baby-gorillas-bronx-zoo/"},"headline":"The Bronx Zoo Welcomes 2 New Adorable Baby Gorillas","datePublished":"2014-04-24T19:05:28.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:09:05.705Z","description":"The babies are the first in 8 years","url":"https://time.com/76370/baby-gorillas-bronx-zoo/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt16c4ca01892d1374/69868c70e8524be43960290c/ap566133735729.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt16c4ca01892d1374/69868c70e8524be43960290c/ap566133735729.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Tutti","caption":"Tutti","creditText":"Julie Larsen Maher—WCS/AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/76370/baby-gorillas-bronx-zoo/","name":"The Bronx Zoo Welcomes 2 New Adorable Baby Gorillas"}}]}] ```