Humans and gorillas share around 98% of their genetic makeup. So it’s not surprising they exhibit human-like behaviors, ...

The western gorilla subspecies, threatened by hunting and habitat loss from deforestation, is estimated to only have 200 to 300 mature individuals left in the wild, according to the World Wildlife ...

One of the two threatened species, subspecies of the western gorilla is the western lowland gorilla. The western lowland gorilla is a calm, non-aggressive species in danger of sickness and poaching.

The first full genome sequence of the mountain gorilla, one subspecies of the eastern gorilla, suggests a that the population has been declining for 100,000 years, resulting in limited genetic ...

Biological anthropologists use genetic data to understand the evolutionary relationships that humans share with great apes and to examine how our genetic history differs from theirs.

which determined that she was actually a Grauer’s gorilla, a subspecies of the eastern gorilla. She was moved to a sanctuary in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to join other Grauer’s ...

The gorilla has but one species of two subspecies and not 15 or more, as scientists previously believed, declares H. J. Coolidge, Jr. '27, assistant curator of mammals at the Museum of Comparative ...

A five-month-old gorilla, discovered in the cargo hold on a Turkish Airlines flight last month, is recovering at a zoo in Istanbul while officials decide where he should live next. The tiny ...

ISTANBUL — A young gorilla rescued from a plane’s cargo hold is recovering at an Istanbul zoo, officials said Sunday, while wildlife officers consider returning him to his natural habitat.