Mountain gorillas generally live in groups of several females with their young and usually one dominant adult male – known as a ‘silverback’ because of the patch of silver hair on his back and hips.

Mountain gorillas are endangered with just over 1,000 in existence and the UWA said "Rafiki has received justice". Africa Live: Updates on this and other stories 'Conservation successes' bring ...

This story appears in the January 1970 issue of National Geographic magazine. For the past three years I have spent most of my days with wild mountain gorillas. Their home, and mine, has been the ...

My farewell handshake with Peanuts came after more than three years of study of the mountain gorilla (Gorilla gorilla beringei), largest of the great apes. The animal is already classified by ...

Where do mountain gorillas and lowland gorillas live? They live in central Africa, where there are lots of rainforests. This is why they like to eat all sorts of plants! Their climbing skills are ...

A mountain gorilla in the Volcano National ... "The massive size of a male gorilla is actually why he has such a small penis.

Gorillas are the biggest of all primates. Male gorillas, called silverbacks because of the silver hair on their backs, can weigh up to 200 kilograms (440 pounds) and stand over 1.8 metres (6 feet) ...

But he’s not one of the many tourists who pay $800 an hour to meet the charismatic mountain gorillas that live there. He’s a ...

They live in family groups ... Tell us what a typical trip to see the mountain gorillas entails. CJ: You buy a permit to spend one hour with the gorillas. It's not cheap: It starts at about ...