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

World Gorilla Day is celebrated annually on September 24. Find out why this particular date was chosen for the holiday, what ...

Photo: Eric Guzzetta World Gorilla Day was yesterday — but these facts are worth discovering every day! Want to know more about these critically endangered great apes? Here are some of our top facts: ...

Starre Vartan is an environmental and science journalist. She holds an MFA degree from Columbia University and Geology and English degrees from Syracuse University. Gorillas have long captured the ...

The gorilla is the largest primate. On average, they are 4 to 6 feet tall. Adult males can weigh nearly 500 pounds. Their size varies depending on species and sex. Female adult gorillas tend to be ...

I recently learned that gorillas are actually big softies. Behind that frightening chest beating act, there’s actually a shy ...

Cross River gorillas are a critically endangered subspecies of the western gorilla. They live in the lowland forests of Cameroon and Nigeria, but they are reclusive and shy of humans. We knew little ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A baby gorilla was born at the Detroit Zoo in Michigan on Thursday, ...

Rwanda will on Friday, September 4, name twenty-two baby mountain gorillas during the 21st edition of Kwita Izina, the country's annual gorilla naming ceremony, held in Kinigi, Musanze District, at ...