Unusual for animals from a biological point of view, female mountain gorillas often live many years after last giving birth – just like people. This may be to care for their young, according to ...

The Los Angeles Zoo has celebrated its fifth great ape birth of the year with the arrival of a western lowland gorilla infant on Saturday, Nov. 22, adding to a remarkable string of births that have ...

Dian Fossey was a zoologist who spent decades studying the elusive mountain gorillas of Congo and Rwanda before she was ...

British photographer Mark Meth-Cohn had spent four days trekking through the Virunga mountains in Rwanda in search of gorillas when his patience and determination finally paid off. There he ...

British photographer Mark Meth-Cohn won the accolade for his photo, which was taken in Rwanda earlier this year Mark Meth-Cohn/Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards Mark Meth-Cohn has won this year's Nikon ...

A gorilla couple at the Los Angeles Zoo may be busier than ever after their second baby was born last month. The latest gorilla baby, whose gender and name have yet to be announced, was born between ...

The gorilla is gargantuan. There’s a promise of raw power in its chest, supreme agility in arms that ripple with muscle, and wisdom in its dark, deep-set eyes. It looms larger than the trees, taller ...

Women outlive men in nearly every country—but the reason has nothing to do with diet, stress, or modern life. A ...

Juba the gorilla, one of three transferred to the San Antonio Zoo. (San Antonio Zoo) SAN ANTONIO – The San Antonio Zoo has acquired three male gorillas to join Congo Falls, the zoo’s new two-acre ...

Dominique Bikaba’s family was once displaced from vibrant rainforests in the Congo Basin to make way for a sweeping national ...

Across the scope of two seasons and 12 episodes, Emmy and BAFTA-winning legend Sir David Attenborough hypnotically guides the viewer through the Earth’s many natural beauties. It’s a majestic ...