Tebe, a western lowland gorilla, died aged 45 at her home at Howletts Wild Animal Park near Canterbury, Kent, after suffering an "acute cardiac event" earlier this week ...

In the Virunga National Forest, the mountain gorilla population sits in the middle of a war zone in the Democratic Republic of the Congo as forest rangers track and keep a watchful eye on the ...

What would you do if you were approached by a silverback mountain gorilla? Watch the amazing footage of this close encounter.

More than a month after rebels captured Goma, the capital of DRC’s North Kivu province, humanitarian workers dispute the UN’s ...

The Eastern gorillas can be found in Uganda, Rwanda, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. They are deemed to be the largest apes on the planet. The contemporary name for the Eastern lowland g ...

Four mountain gorillas have been killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo's Virunga National Park. With only some 700 individuals remaining in the wild, the gorilla deaths represent a huge loss to a ...

Park authorities have been assisting ranger families, but the conflict and economic instability leaves them vulnerable ...

A ring of suspected moutain gorilla traffickers operating in Virunga National Park were busted by local wildlife officials as they tried to sell the body of a female mountain gorilla. The crime brings ...

spurring an altogether different cycle from the one that is still bedeviling eastern Congo. Meanwhile, slowly, the wildlife has begun to rebound. Since the massacre of seven mountain gorillas by ...

SAN ANTONIO — On Friday Mar. 1. The San Antonio Zoo celebrated a huge milestone in its 110-year history as they broke ground for the Congo Falls gorilla habitat coming to the zoo in 2025.

In the Virunga National Forest, the mountain gorilla population sits in the middle of a war zone in the Democratic Republic of the Congo as forest rangers track and keep a watchful eye on the ...