Silverback mountain gorillas have a fearsome reputation with aggression that helps maintain family order. ... This male has been very successful. He's ruled his group of 14 for six years.

Isabukuru, a silverback mountain gorilla that lived in Rwanda until his death last year, was known for being exceptionally affectionate toward the infants in his group. “One infant, named Mushya ...

Three female mountain gorillas and a male silverback gorilla have been found shot dead inside a national park in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a conservation group said Thursday.

Residents of Southern California are used to encountering a specific type of urban wildlife, but rarely do they get to see a massive mountain gorilla in the wild. 24/7 Live Los Angeles Orange ...

A silverback male mountain gorilla eats among vegetation in Bwindi Impenetrable forest on September 23, 2009, bordering Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda, 561km south west of Kampala. Uganda ...

A digital simulation depicting how the fight between 100 humans and a silverback gorilla might go. X/AndreSargeant. Other skeptics alluded to the unparalleled physical prowess of Fighty Joe Young.

The shooting deaths of four mountain gorillas -- three females and an alpha male silverback -- are prompting a United Nations agency to send a mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Thumping his chest, grunting loudly, and rising up on his hind legs, a 400-pound male silverback mountain gorilla charged at Anderson Cooper during a reporting assignment in central Africa in 2007 ...

Elmo, the Fort Worth Zoo’s 34-year-old male silverback gorilla, stormed out of a cave-like cutout into the view of the public as one of the employees narrowly avoided and fled to a nearby door.

In this corner, we have the mighty male silverback gorilla, a massive great ape with a powerful punch! His opponent is the terrifying, fierce grizzly bear yielding long, dagger-like claws capable ...

Silverback is a reference to adult male Mountain Gorillas that sport a silvery sheen on their backs. Grizzlies are one of the most fearsome predators on earth that launch attacks with brute force ...

The shooting deaths of four mountain gorillas -- three females and an alpha male silverback -- are prompting a United Nations agency to send a mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo.