Mountain gorillas generally live in groups of several females with their young and usually one dominant adult male – known as a ‘silverback’ because of the patch of silver hair on his back and hips.

The first baby gorilla to be born at Blackpool Zoo has arrived in India as part of a global conservation scheme. Meisie, who ...

Where do mountain gorillas and lowland gorillas live? They live in central Africa, where there are lots of rainforests. This is why they like to eat all sorts of plants! Their climbing skills are ...

What would you do if you were approached by a silverback mountain gorilla? Watch the amazing footage of this close encounter.

Ndakasi, a 10-year-old gorilla, is sedated in order to get her vital statistics. Patrick Karabaranga, one of the caretakers who live at the sanctuary in Virunga National Park, holds her on the scale.

have studied the trillions of microbes that live in the gastrointestinal tracts of gorillas to determine whether a link ...

The number of mountain gorillas has increased from the 2010 estimate of 786 after a count in Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. The critically endangered animals live only in two locations, ...

I don’t believe in just making them breed and multiply. I want each and every gorilla to live happily. Is there any good idea that will ensure that when the 100th anniversary of their arrival in ...

Winston, one of the oldest gorillas in the world and a popular fixture at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, has died after ...