Keriann McGoogan

Primatologist, Canada

Keriann McGoogan is a primatologist and the author of Chasing Lemurs: My Journey Into the Heart of Madagascar (Prometheus Books, 2020) and Sisters of the Jungle: The Trailblazing Women Who Shaped the Study of Wild Primates (Douglas & McIntyre, September 2025).

Written by Keriann McGoogan

Photo of a young gorilla with a pensive expression set against a blurred green forest background.

MEMOIR

Through Zuri’s eyes

She was a young gorilla, sitting alone in the Calgary Zoo. Once our eyes locked, I was in for a life-long connection

by Keriann McGoogan