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

The family travels often in search of food and ... all the way through the man’s bicep to the bone. “The mountain gorilla experience doesn’t compare with this one,” says Shah, who has ...

The mountain gorilla is legally protected within ... Beetsme sought absolute sway over Uncle Bert's dwindling family. We were constant witnesses to Beetsme's aggression: His charges, whacks ...

It certainly was for me. Watching a mountain gorilla family, the first thing that strikes you is how “human” they are. The massive silverback reclines and allows his kids to jump on him.

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

“The mountain gorillas have really shaped my ... Kalema-Zikusoka and the team tracked down the afflicted gorilla family: it was Kacupira’s group, the gentle giant she had met on her first ...

Roxie was an icon, according to the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. She was the longest living resident and was born at the zoo in ...

Sadly we may also be their biggest threat. 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 ...