There has only been one albino western lowland gorilla ever found in the wild or captivity. Snowflake the gorilla lived in the Barcelona Zoo for 36 years and he was the world’s only albino gorilla.

A famous albino gorilla that lived for 40 years at the Barcelona Zoo got its white coloring by way of inbreeding, new research shows. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ...

Snowflake, an extremely rare albino gorilla and the most popular resident of Barcelona Zoo, has been euthanized because of skin cancer he had since 2001, zoo officials said. They said the gorilla’s ...

Subscribe to our newsletter to receive the most important daily or weekly news on European cinema ...

BARCELONA, Spain — Snowflake, an extremely rare albino gorilla and the Barcelona Zoo’s most popular resident, is dying of skin cancer and has only a few months to live, zoo officials say. Since ...