There are about a thousand mountain gorillas remaining on Earth, and about half live in the forests of the Virunga mountains in central Africa. Mountain gorillas are a subspecies of eastern ...

In October, the zoo announced that another western lowland gorilla, Ivan, also called Djembe, had died of cardiac arrest. Ivan was 11 years old. Male western lowland gorillas have a median life ...

Mountain gorillas generally live in groups of several females with their young and usually one dominant adult male – known as a ‘silverback’ because of the patch of silver hair on his back and hips.

Ndakasi, a 10-year-old gorilla, is sedated in order to get her vital statistics. Patrick Karabaranga, one of the caretakers who live at the sanctuary in Virunga National Park, holds her on the scale.

See where the gorillas live » Illegal hunting and habitat loss have also threatened the Cross River gorillas, found in the highlands of Cameroon and Nigeria. Only about 250 to 300 are estimated ...

Bwindi is one of only two places in the world where mountain gorillas live, and after graduating from the Royal Veterinary College in London, Kalema-Zikusoka had her heart set on seeing the great ...

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