Mountain gorillas are the largest of the, at least, three main gorilla species. A silverback is an adult male at least 12 years old. They can stand up to five feet, nine inches and weigh upwards ...

I’ve even seen a silverback carry a baby; it made me cry.” As we walk out of the national park, the lush forested mountains give way to crop plantations. The buzz of cicadas is replaced by the drone ...

A silverback mountain gorilla named Segasira sits among plants in the Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda. AP. As a result, there were then about 10 family groups in the study area.

Two wild gorilla moms were spotted with their newborn babies in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, rare and beautiful footage shows. The births mark two new additions to the Bageni mountain ...

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The sculpture, named King Nyani, was created by public artists and husband-and-wife duo Gillie Schattner and Marc Schattner, who were inspired by a silverback mountain gorilla they met during a ...

Mountain gorillas are a subspecies of eastern gorilla (Gorilla beringei). As their name hints, they live in the mountains at elevations between 8,000 and 13,000 feet. Conservation ...

Pint by pint, a chain of Denver restaurants is helping to protect the endangered silverback mountain gorillas of Africa. Through October, Wynkoop Brewing Co. and other Wynkoop Holdings ...

Over the holiday weekend, Rafiki, a 31-year-old silverback gorilla at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, wasn’t feeling good. On Tuesday, a zoo veterinary staff did a “full check up” and found ...

Gorillas are highly sociable animals – up to a point. A crowded mountain can make silverbacks more violent, scientists say. Mountain gorillas spend most of their time sleeping, chomping leaves ...

FILE - In this Sept. 2, 2019, file photo, a silverback mountain gorilla named Segasira walks in the Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda. These large vegetarian apes are generally peaceful, but as the ...