Chewed bark, leaves and fruit discarded by mountain gorillas provide a simple way to test the endangered apes for viruses without disturbing them, according to scientists from the University of ...

In the early morning hours of Monday, 32-year-old gorilla Asha gave birth to a healthy baby, marking the zoo’s first gorilla ...

A new virtual reality experience at Marwell Zoo allows you to 'swim' with whales, stand under a towering giraffe, and come face-to-face with a gorilla.

A new baby Western Lowland Gorilla was welcomed to the world at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo (CMZoo) on Monday, July 21–the first of its kind born at the zoo in nearly 13 years. Asha, a 32-year-old ...

The mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei), a subspecies of the eastern gorilla, is an endangered species that only lives in the wild in two regions. There were once fewer than 500 ...

A mountain gorilla walks in the forest of East Africa’s Virunga Volcanoes conservation area. It stops at a piece of wild celery, sits down, and begins to chew. It strips the vegetable’s fibrous ...

The opportunity to see mountain gorillas in the wild has become a lucrative eco-tourism business adding an estimated $120 billion to global GDP in 2018 and funding habitat conservation efforts. An ...

Nonhuman animals can adapt the intensity and direction of aggression to suit their individual needs and social contexts, ...

Tourists could be spreading the virus causing COVID-19 to wild mountain gorillas by taking selfies with the animals without following precautions. Researchers from Oxford Brookes University ...

We have the tools and knowledge to prevent the spread of coronavirus to gorillas and other wild animals. San Diego Zoo Global Gorilla Troop at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park Test Positive for COVID ...

An orphaned mountain gorilla who made news in 2019 after she and another gorilla photobombed a park ranger, died Sept. 26 at the age of 14 in the arms of the man who had cared for her.

A mountain gorilla walks in the forest of East Africa's Virunga Volcanoes conservation area. It stops at a piece of wild celery, sits down, and begins to chew. It strips the vegetable's fibrous ...