Humans and gorillas share around 98% of their genetic makeup. So it’s not surprising they exhibit human-like behaviors, ...

(A male gorilla is called a silverback when ... that poachers were involved in two-thirds of the total deaths. The mountain gorilla is legally protected within Rwanda's Parc National des Volcans ...

San Francisco Zoo & Gardens is mourning Oscar Jonesy, its beloved 43-year-old lowland gorilla and leader of the zoo’s gorilla ...

A mature male may be six feet tall and weigh 400 pounds or more; his enormous arms can span eight feet. The mountain gorilla’s range is limited to a small area of lush wet forests in central Africa.

After its seizure, authorities handed over the five-month-old male gorilla to the general directorate of Nature Conservation and National Parks (DKMP) under the Turkish Ministry of Agriculture and ...

Cincinnati Zoo has introduced its first new gorilla since the death of Harambe in 2016. A 29-year-old western lowland silverback gorilla called Mshindi has been transferred from Louisville Zoo.

People have been pushing into the mountain gorilla’s forests in central Africa for decades ... groups of several females with their young and usually one dominant adult male – known as a ‘silverback’ ...

The male Cross River gorillas can grow 5 ft 8 ... The gorillas in the mountain gorilla region are prone to contracting scabies, TB, and other infections from human transmission since they ...

Zeytin, a 5-month-old male gorilla infant who was rescued at Istanbul Airport, drinks milk in a specially created section of a zoo, in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra) ...