Two female gorillas at the Toronto Zoo sustained injuries this week during the ongoing introduction of a new male silverback, the zoo has confirmed on social media. On Tuesday, zookeepers observed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In mountain gorilla troops, females hold real sway, challenging bigger males and influencing the social pecking order. Whether ...

Mayumi, a female gorilla, has given birth to her first baby. The zoo is “cautiously optimistic.” The first few weeks are ...

Officials said the newborn arrived Sunday to mom Tulivu and dad Mshindi.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. New research reveals that while close bonds protect female ...

New research from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology and the University of Turku reveals that female mountain gorillas, like humans and a handful of other mammals, can live long ...

ROYAL OAK, MI - The Detroit Zoo wants you to help name its baby gorilla, just the second gorilla infant born in the Detroit ...

If you're taking a new job, or moving to a new town, it can often help if you have at least one friend who's already there — someone to introduce you around and show you the ropes. This is true for ...

A mountain gorilla lashed out and kicked a wildlife tracker while carrying her baby on her back. Footage filmed on July 19 at ...

What do you do when you first walk into a party? Maybe you scan the room looking for friends. If you don’t see any, or if you see someone you’d rather avoid, you might just sneak out and head to ...

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,... Study finds female mountain gorillas prefer to ...