While the birth is sparking joy, infant mountain gorillas are vulnerable, and twins can be twice as hard for a mother to take ...

BWINDI, Uganda (AP) — Sept. 24 is observed as World Gorilla Day. It was launched in 2017 to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the establishment of a Rwanda-based gorilla study center founded by ...

NEW ORLEANS, La. – A critically endangered gorilla that was born at a New Orleans zoo just six days ago has died. The Audubon Zoo says its animal care staff noticed Wednesday evening that the infant ...

News of a sick or injured mountain gorilla can worry local residents in this mountainous area that’s home to the endangered species. That’s partly because most of the gorillas have been given names, ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — One of the Audubon Zoo’s critically endangered lowland gorillas is expecting a baby. According to the zoo, the pregnancy is the result of successful breeding between 18-year-old ...

A census of mountain gorillas in Central Africa's Virunga mountains has recorded an impressive 17 per cent increase in the population of this highly endangered great ape. Nairobi, Kenya - A census of ...

A critically endangered, 18-year-old western lowland gorilla named Tumani at the Audubon Zoo is pregnant.