GENEVA — The Zurich Zoo’s beloved gorilla of more than 40 years has been put down after a long struggle with declining health ...

Mountain gorillas might look like muscle-bound jungle kings, but they’ve got layers (and lots of them). Behind those broad ...

Inspired by an ancient Rwandan practice, Kwita Izina honours each button-cute baby gorilla born in Volcanoes National Park ...

The head of the clan is Makumba, a gruff and imposing silverback ... “Watching mountain gorillas is almost like watching black cows in a green field. These guys are wild.” ...

“It’s a hard decision to euthanize a silverback,” Dressen said ... population,” Dressen said about the decline of gorillas in the wild. Zoos can be helpful for research and public ...

People have been pushing into the mountain gorilla’s forests in central Africa for decades – now there are only about 1000 of these splendid beasts in the wild. Mountain gorillas generally live in ...

and herds of wild elephants. After a few hours, a path of trampled brush leads to a clearing where a group of mountain gorillas have made their nests for the day. A silverback chomps on handfuls ...

People have been pushing into the mountain gorilla’s forests in central Africa for decades – now there are only about 1000 of these splendid beasts in the wild. Mountain gorillas generally live in ...

He was a cantankerous, grizzle-haired silverback, a likable tramp who ... time in Group 4—and if I have learned anything about wild gorillas, it is that they are marvelously controlled by ...

Last year, the Detroit Zoo earned the Silverback Award for collecting ... playing a direct role in protecting endangered ...

In 2024, the DZS earned the Silverback Award for collecting 2,792 ... also playing a direct role in protecting endangered gorillas in the wild.” Launched seven years ago, the Gorillas on the ...