Over the last two months, 1,500 hectares of prime mountain gorilla habitat have been cleared by illegal settlers in Virunga National Park, a World Heritage Site. Gland, Switzerland – Over the last two ...

The mountain gorilla once appeared to be heading towards a future where seeing one in the wild could become impossible. By ...

Youngsters tumble, climb, and run playing follow the leader. Another group plays a rowdy game of king of the mountain.

Deep in the misty mountains between Nigeria and Cameroon lives one of the most elusive primates on Earth: the Cross River gorilla. With fewer than 300 individuals remaining in the wild, spotting one ...

BWINDI, Uganda — Sept. 24 is observed as World Gorilla Day. It was launched in 2017 to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the establishment of a Rwanda-based gorilla study center founded by Dian ...

News of a sick or injured mountain gorilla can worry local residents in this mountainous area that's home to the endangered species. That's partly because most of the gorillas have been given names, ...

The birth of twin mountain gorillas in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is raising hopes for the survival of one of the world’s most threatened great apes. “For me, it is a huge sign of hope and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shifts in climate are causing a big change in gorilla behavior, according to The East African. Researchers have seen mountain ...

The mountain gorilla is one of two subspecies of the Eastern gorilla (Gorilla beringei), a species recognized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as critically endangered on ...

BWINDI, Uganda (AP) — News of a sick or injured mountain gorilla can worry local residents in this mountainous area that’s home to the endangered species. That’s partly because most of the gorillas ...