The terms “ape,” “great ape,” “monkey,” “primate,” and “gorilla” are often used interchangeably, but they describe very ...

Researchers have seen mountain gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Uganda and Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda are taking to drinking more water as heat waves have become more intense.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. New research reveals that while close bonds protect female ...

1. Introduction and methods -- Introduction -- Acknowledgments -- The country -- Taxonomy -- History of the discovery and study of the mountain gorilla -- Procedure and methods -- 2. Distribution and ...

Researchers have discovered that gorillas spend more time in trees than previously assumed. Western and Bwindi mountain gorillas in Gabon and Uganda found that even large males, weighing up to 170kg, ...

Rwanda’s commitment to the conservation of mountain gorillas has been a significant success story in wildlife protection over the last two decades. A major cornerstone of this conservation effort is ...

Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, as well as Rocky Vista University (U.S.), show that gorillas spend much more time in the trees than previously thought. Subscribe ...

[This post was co-authored with Stacy Rosenbaum of the University of Chicago and a longer version can be found here.] The forests of Virunga National Park have been the subject of continuous intense ...

In a post published by the conservation organization Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International (DFGFI) last month, the behavior of a mountain gorilla female in Rwanda was described in striking terms. The ...