Veterinarians received an out-of-the-ordinary patient, a huge 29-stone silverback gorilla suffering ... According to Professor Koeppel, gorillas in the wild do not show signs of discomfort as ...

Beethoven, the reigning silverback, scrutinized Bonne Année ... the very first effort ever to reintroduce a captive gorilla to the wild. In contrast to the near destruction of Group 4, Group ...

and herds of wild elephants. After a few hours, a path of trampled brush leads to a clearing where a group of mountain gorillas have made their nests for the day. A silverback chomps on handfuls ...

Craig Hobbs Photography Silverback gorillas in the wild are used to being on their own Gorillas usually live between 30 and 40 years in the wild and Longleat said it was "quite astonishing" for ...

Mountain gorillas generally live in groups of several females with their young and usually one dominant adult male – known as a ‘silverback’ because of ... With so few individuals in the wild the ...

The zoo is currently home to the UK's oldest silverback gorilla. Credit: Jon Drew. Gorillas have been left "distressed" following a number of break-ins at the former site of Bristol Zoo.

Thanks to a partnership between the Pretoria National Zoological Garden and the University of Pretoria (UP), a 23-year-old silverback gorilla named ... “Since wild animals do not normally ...

Gorillas are the biggest of all primates. Male gorillas, called silverbacks because of the silver hair on their backs, can weigh up to 200 kilograms (440 pounds) and stand over 1.8 metres (6 feet) ...

"With this species being severely threatened in the wild, every new-born is an important addition to the captive population," he said. The last gorilla born at Jersey zoo was silverback Indigo in ...

Lea: Tell us briefly how gorillas live and what they're like in the wild. Chris Johnston They're ... They are emotional beings. A dominant Silverback, the leader, makes sure that the group is ...