Kuhirwa, a young female mountain gorilla, would not give up on her dead baby. Initially she cuddled and groomed the tiny corpse, carrying it piggyback like the other mothers. Weeks later, she started ...

A baby gorilla discovered last month while transiting through Istanbul is recovering with wildlife rescuers in Turkey.

The mountain gorilla is legally protected within ... With John Fowler, a student, carrying the baby, we climbed into a tree near the resting group. Beethoven, the reigning silverback, scrutinized ...

“Of course, what we want and desire is for the baby gorilla … to continue its life in its homeland,” Fahrettin Ulu, regional director of Istanbul Nature Conservation and National ...

The gorillas in the mountain gorilla region are prone to contracting ... They only have one baby at a time, raise it for several years, and then have another. Gorillas are particularly prone ...

"The strength of a mountain gorilla is indeed formidable ... is shorter than that of a newborn human baby. Beyond this, ...