Extroverted gorillas in captivity outlive their shy brethren, a new study of these great apes in North American zoos and sanctuaries finds. Using methods adapted from studying human personality, ...

ATLANTA — In the green woods of the North Georgia mountains, behind a computer-controlled electrified fence, an idiosyncratic millionaire keeps a menagerie of huge, powerful creatures. It’s not ...

Scientists who studied gorillas in jungle clearings say the animals have complex hierarchical societies similar to humans. We humans live in complex social structures, which are thought to have ...

Gorillas have more complex social structures than previously thought, from lifetime bonds forged between distant relations, to "social tiers" with striking parallels to traditional human societies, ...

The Cincinnati Zoo has finally given one of its newest additions a name. The animal establishment announced in a Facebook post on Oct. 13 that a baby gorilla born on Sept. 20 has been named Mboka Jo.

A woman in a red blazer asks to see our passports at the airport counter. “Where you going?” she asks. “The Congo in Central Africa,” we respond. She studies the blue lines of thin cursive on our ...

This segment was originally broadcast on Dec. 9, 2007. It was updated on July 3, 2008. The mountain gorilla may just be the world's most magnificent animal. But there are only about 700 of them left, ...

The future typically isn’t bright for motherless young animals. Research has found that juvenile chimpanzees and killer whales who lose their mothers, even after being weaned, often die or struggle to ...

Beautiful and rare, the gorilla is a creature known for its strength and intelligence. Observing a gorilla will surely remind you of being a human, especially since gorillas have been studied for ...

For gorillas, it pays to have personality. Extroverted gorillas in captivity outlive their shy friends, according to a new study of the animals in North American zoos and sanctuaries, reports ...