For the third time in 13 months, the Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium has suffered the loss of a beloved western lowland silverback gorilla. Harry, a 33-year-old male, died March 25 after suffering a “ ...

Their daily diet includes over 100 types ... just a whole lot of fiber and foliage. Gorilla life centers around family. Troops usually include one silverback, several females, and their kids.

He was a Western lowland gorilla — a subspecies of the great apes found in Africa and listed as critically endangered — and because of his mature age he was a silverback, after the gray hair ...