It is a 100-square-mile region in the southern part of the Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park where habituated gorillas and chimpanzees now live. (“Habituated” means the animals become comfortable ...

Gorillas Live in Tribes and Have 'All-male Bachelor Groups,' Scientists Discover. Published Jul 09, 2019 at 7:00 PM EDT. By . Kashmira Gander is Deputy Science Editor at Newsweek.

Where Do Mountain Gorillas Live? As their name suggests, mountain gorillas live at high elevations deep in the forests of mountain ranges. Their range extends in Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable ...

The gorillas live in families, each headed by an adult male called a "silverback" because of its distinctive coloring. Over the years, they've been gradually introduced to people, ...

Native to Africa, where they live in tropical forests, marshes, mountains, and upland habitats, gorillas are powerful primates that are closely related to humans. Gorillas are the largest extant ...

Instead of disappearing, the number of mountain gorillas -- a subspecies of eastern gorillas -- has risen from 680 a decade ago to just over 1,000 today. Felipe Dana / AP ...

WASHINGTON — Gorillas are highly sociable animals – up to a point. A crowded mountain can make silverbacks more violent, scientists say. Mountain gorillas spend most of their time sleeping ...

Gorillas often form lifelong bonds with each other, and also cooperate with other social groups to which they do not belong, according to recent findings published this week in the journal ...

Mountain gorillas live in tight-knit family groups led by silverback males, whose authority is constantly being challenged by other males. ... as do baby male gorillas when they’re playing.

In this Sept. 4, 2019 photo, gorilla trackers Emmanuel Bizagwira, right, and Safari Gabriel observe two gorillas from the Agasha group as they play in the Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda.

KINIGI, Rwanda — Deep in the rainforest of Volcanoes National Park, a 23-year-old female gorilla named Kurudi feeds on a stand of wild celery. She bends the green stalks and, with long careful ...