Researchers have seen mountain gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Uganda and Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda are taking to drinking more water as heat waves have become more intense.

Much of what we know about the ecology and social behavior of gorillas stems from the constant observation of the Virunga mountain gorillas. Many common primate behaviors were first discovered in this ...

Since King Kong first appeared on the silver screen in 1933, the fictional giant ape has exposed audiences all over the world to a very real gorilla behavior—chest-beating. But it may surprise you to ...

Researchers have discovered that gorillas spend more time in trees than previously assumed. Western and Bwindi mountain gorillas in Gabon and Uganda found that even large males, weighing up to 170kg, ...

TORONTO, Ontario, Canada — Visitors to the Toronto Zoo are being urged to stop showing cellphone videos to gorillas, with staff members saying it’s become too much of a distraction and might affect ...

That's why actor Andy Serkis turned to Zoo Atlanta's Tara Stoinski to learn the ways of real gorillas in Rwanda. Although Kong is a computer-generated creature on the big screen, Serkis acted as Kong ...

[This post was co-authored with Stacy Rosenbaum of the University of Chicago and a longer version can be found here.] The forests of Virunga National Park have been the subject of continuous intense ...