A gorilla at Congo Falls, the new two-acre habitat at the San Antonio Zoo. The seven recently-arrived gorillas didn't go ...

Gorillas have more complex social structures than previously thought, from lifetime bonds forged between distant relations, to "social tiers" with striking parallels to traditional human societies, ...

Scientists who studied gorillas in jungle clearings say the animals have complex hierarchical societies similar to humans. We humans live in complex social structures, which are thought to have ...

Snakes live all over the world. Some of them crush their prey to death while others use potent venom to put an end to their foes. Gorillas live in Africa, a continent that is known for its numerous ...

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

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 ...

One of the oldest male gorillas who was living at a U.S. zoo has died at the age of 52. The gorilla named Winston lived roughly 20 years beyond his life expectancy at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park in ...

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 fingers ...

The zoo shared on social media that the baby gorilla that was born to first-time mom Gladys on September 20 will be named Mboka Jo. The name was chosen by the primate team at the zoo. Mboka means ...