Many mountain gorillas keep living - vigorous and socially engaged - for a decade or more beyond the years of reproduction.

Unusual for animals from a biological point of view, female mountain gorillas often live many years after last giving birth - just like people.This may be to care for their young, according to ...

In the early hours of Jan. 17, 2017, Columbus lost one of its best-known female celebrities, Colo. The western lowland gorilla died in her sleep in her enclosure at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium. Life ...

New research from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology and the University of Turku reveals that female ...

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MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. — Gorillas continue to be at high risk of extinction in the wild in Africa due to threats that include poachers. Zoo Miami’s Ron Magill wants children to learn more about the ...