With only about 1,000 left in the wild, according to the World Wildlife Fund and the International Gorilla Conservation ...

Scientists based the research on 20 years of data covering multiple groups of gorillas in Volcanoes National Park, in Rwanda.

A new study shows that female mountain gorillas rely on previous friendships when deciding which social group to join.

Entering the heart of Africa, where lush and misty forests echo with the gentle gasps of one of the most awe inspiring ...

A new study finds that when female mountain gorillas move to a new crowd, they look for females they’ve already met ...

Female gorillas choose new groups by avoiding familiar males and following old female friends, reducing inbreeding and social ...

Female mountain gorillas use memory and social bonds to choose new groups, avoiding familiar males while seeking known female ...

Mountain gorillas might look like muscle-bound jungle kings, but they’ve got layers (and lots of them). Behind those broad shoulders and serious stares are creatures full of quirks, social ...

When female gorillas leave one social group and join another, they tend to seek out groups with other females that they've lived with in the past, showing the power of long-term relationships.

A mountain gorilla walks in the forest of East Africa’s Virunga Volcanoes conservation area. It stops at a piece of wild celery, sits down, and begins to chew. It strips the vegetable’s fibrous ...

The Tampa Bay Times reported that “giant rodents, huge boa constrictors, hundreds of iguanas and all manner of monkeys are ...

Visiting mountain gorillas is no walk in the park. It's an uphill hike for more than an hour at an altitude of 8000 feet, through that farmland that once belonged to the gorillas just to get to ...