Filmmaker Vianet Djenguet documents the dangerous but vital process of habituating a notoriously protective 500-pound silverback. Habituation is a last-ditch effort to save the critically endangered ...
A baby gorilla left orphaned by his birth mother after she failed to bond with the newborn has been taken in by a foster mom. Seattle-born Abeo, a Western Lowland gorilla, was rejected by first ...
Abeo (pronounced ah-BAY-oh), a 1.5-month-old male Western Lowland gorilla, was born at the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle to first-time mom Akenji. Unfortunately, Akenji was unable to bond with her ...
So when researchers set out to determine the bioactive properties of plants consumed by the park’s western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla), and which the Vungu also use for medicine ...
The troop at Lincoln Park Zoo, 2400 N. Cannon Drive in Chicago, consists of three western lowland gorilla males named Amare, Umande and Mosi, officials said on Facebook. “The group plays ...
This year's World Gorilla Day brings the spotlight back to the critical need for robust conservation efforts to protect the world's remaining gorilla populations. Gorillas, the largest of the ...