Gorillas aren't hunting bugs - they're foraging for truffles. A new study uncovers surprising behavior deep in the Congo ...

Imagine trekking through the misty forests of Central Africa, the air thick with anticipation, when suddenly a low, melodic ...

In Congo’s Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park, gorillas are scratching at the soil as a foraging strategy to reach a species of […] ...

An estimated 180 western lowland gorillas have reportedly reside in Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park in the Republic of Congo in ...

The studies shed new light on previously suspected gorilla behavior, from simple intergroup transfers to the deadly drama of infanticide. For 13 years I lived with mountain gorillas on the misty ...

I was shortly to leave Africa for a prolonged stay in Cambridge, England, where I would begin working on a doctoral thesis and other technical reports on gorilla behavior. Peanuts left his tree ...

GENEVA -- The Zurich Zoo’s beloved gorilla of more than 40 years has been put down after a long struggle with declining ...

A critically endangered western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla ... of tailoring conservation goals to fit local contexts; behavior changes exhibited by great apes seem to be either ...

We all had to make adjustments as the COVID-19 pandemic unfolded – even zoo animals who were suddenly not seeing crowds of ...

A gorilla at Nanning Zoo in Guangxi amazed visitors by smoking a discarded cigarette butt, showcasing human-like behavior. The incident prompted the zoo to investigate and emphasize the importance ...

I was told that this is the normal behavior of gorillas in the wild, which spend most of their time in trees. I was able to meet 17 gorillas in all. The more I observed them, the more I wanted to ...