The word gorilla comes from a greek word gorillai, a term that was used to refer to women with hairy bodies in the tribe of gorillini. Gorillas have a lot in common with human beings since they are ...

Gorillas have long captured the imagination of human beings, and for good reason — they're the largest living primates on the planet. But popular depictions of gorillas are often inaccurate. TV and ...

Gorillas are the largest of the apes, and the western lowland gorillas, like the troop in the Ndoki Forest, are the smallest of the gorilla subspecies. Male gorillas stand about 5.5 feet tall and ...

Discover fun facts about primates, like the number of species, where they live, what they eat, and how, together with Born Free, you can protect them.

Next time you smile politely at a stranger, think of a gorilla baring his big pointy fangs while looking like he's just heard the best joke of his life. The grin doesn't mean what you might think—it's ...