(A male gorilla is called a silverback when ... that poachers were involved in two-thirds of the total deaths. The mountain gorilla is legally protected within Rwanda's Parc National des Volcans ...

A mature male may be six feet tall and weigh 400 pounds or more; his enormous arms can span eight feet. The mountain gorilla’s range is limited to a small area of lush wet forests in central Africa.

Is this silverback flipping visitors the bird, or does this hand gesture have another meaning to a gorilla? Click here to ...

San Francisco Zoo & Gardens is mourning Oscar Jonesy, its beloved 43-year-old lowland gorilla and leader of the zoo's gorilla ...

After its seizure, authorities handed over the five-month-old male gorilla to the general directorate of Nature Conservation and National Parks (DKMP) under the Turkish Ministry of Agriculture and ...

People have been pushing into the mountain gorilla’s forests in central Africa for decades ... groups of several females with their young and usually one dominant adult male – known as a ‘silverback’ ...

Ozzie, 61, the world's oldest male gorilla, was found dead by his care team in his habitat at Zoo Atlanta on Tuesday The world’s oldest male gorilla, 61-year-old Ozzie, was found dead by his ...

The male Cross River gorillas can grow 5 ft 8 ... The gorillas in the mountain gorilla region are prone to contracting scabies, TB, and other infections from human transmission since they ...

A critically endangered Western lowland gorilla, named "Oscar Jonesy," died on Thursday afternoon following a medical ...