A mountain gorilla mother sits with her infant in Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park in 2020. (Gorilla Doctors) A mountain gorilla walks in the forest of East Africa’s Virunga Volcanoes conservation ...

A mountain gorilla walks in the forest of East Africa’s Virunga Volcanoes conservation area. It stops at a piece of wild celery, sits down, and begins to chew. It strips the vegetable’s fibrous ...

The number of mountain gorillas in Virunga National Park has increased despite the war being waged in and around the area, according to the first count in 16 months. Eastern DRC – The number of ...

The critically endangered mountain gorilla’s current status is to be revealed through a census to determine its population size in the Virunga Volcanoes area that straddles the borders of the ...

In mountain gorilla troops, females hold real sway, challenging bigger males and influencing the social pecking order. Whether it’s King Kong climbing the Empire State building or Donkey Kong throwing ...

In September, a tourist experienced an incredible moment in the Ugandan rainforest: a young mountain gorilla, weighing around ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The most extensive genetic analysis of mountain gorillas ever conducted has found the critically endangered apes burdened with severe inbreeding and at risk of extinction but ...

These four images capture various starkly different realities within the animal kingdom — from family and play to survival ...

Lex Duff went trekking in Uganda for a chance to meet wild mountain gorillas and found it unexpectedly peaceful.

A journey through Rwanda and Uganda brings wildlife enthusiasts face-to-face with some of Africa’s most remarkable creatures.