Chemical signatures in a gorilla’s feces reveal a lot about short-term changes in its diet, a new study finds. What an animal eats tells scientists how it survives in its habitat and adapts to ...

Scientists have observed a population of western lowland gorillas in Loango National Park, Gabon using their teeth to crack open the woody shells of Coula edulis nuts. The researchers combined direct ...

To survive, animals compete for resources, be it food, mating partners or territory. But a ground breaking recent study shows chimpanzees and gorillas form friendships, some lasting at least 20 years.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Gorilla gorilla gorilla. The scientific name of the endangered western lowland gorilla echoes like a cry for help. Adult western lowland gorillas in captivity are dying of an ...