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 ...

Though chimpanzees and gorillas often coexist in the same areas, interactions of any kind are thought to be rare – those that ...

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 ...

Gorilla carried 3-year-old who fell into her enclosure. — -- In a 1996 incident at an Illinois zoo, a female gorilla cradled a 3-year-old boy who fell nearly 20 feet into her enclosure, resulting ...

A rendering of Congo Falls at San Antonio Zoo (SAN ANTONIO ZOO, KSAT 2025) SAN ANTONIO – The San Antonio Zoo’s opening of its new gorilla exhibit is still on schedule after the death of Zola, one of ...

The 10-year-old gorilla left a large crack in the first of three layers of tempered glass that separates him from visitors at the San Diego Zoo Escher Walcott is a Writer/Reporter at PEOPLE, covering ...

Nine-month-old Saambili now has a playmate and half-sibling at the Dallas Zoo — a healthy baby born quietly in the early hours of March 7. Zoo officials say that first-time mom Megan is a doting, ...

A 10-year-old western lowland gorilla, named Denny, broke one of the layers of a three-layered tempered glass panel at the San Diego Zoo's gorilla forest habitat on Saturday, according to a press ...

When she was born on June 25, her mother, Hope, held her so tightly that zookeepers weren't able to determine her gender at first. Now we know: The Dallas Zoo's first baby gorilla in 20 years is a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Sara Tabin is a science contributor writing about animals. TOPSHOT - A baby Grauer's gorilla, a critically endangered species, ...