"In the Virunga volcanoes, where an isolated group of mountain gorillas live, the population rose from roughly 380 in 2003 to approximately 480 in 2010 - a 26 percentage increase in 7 years." ...

Three decades after the groundbreaking researcher was killed in Rwanda, the ape population is growing—but is under rising pressure. Fossey devoted almost 20 years to her studies before she was ...

Petula may, indeed, have been wasting breeding time in Group 4—and if I have learned anything about wild gorillas, it is that they are marvelously controlled by internal, or instinctive ...

The Pitt State Gorillas punched their ticket to the NCAA D-II Central Regional Sweet 16 after a close win to Minnesota State ...

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

I recently had the rare opportunity to “meet” some mountain gorillas, who share 98.4% of their DNA with humans. It is estimated that there are fewer than 1,150 gorillas found in the wild today.

Gorillas live in well-structured social groups ... and their offspring. The male leads the group in daily activities, such as where they will forage and when it’s time to nest in leaves.