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) ...

Not all facts about gorillas are fun. Unfortunately, mountain gorillas are critically endangered thanks to war, habitat loss, diseases, and poaching. If you think about it, our own kind caused the ...

Sadly we may also be their biggest threat. People have been pushing into the mountain gorilla’s forests in central Africa for decades – now there are only about 1000 of these splendid beasts in the ...

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 ...

An outstanding student helper, he shared my aim to balance research with the goal of saving the imperiled mountain gorillas that I was studying from my base camp in the Virunga Mountains of Rwanda ...

Over the last two months, 1,500 hectares of prime mountain gorilla habitat have been cleared by illegal settlers in Virunga National Park, a World Heritage Site. Gland, Switzerland – Over the last two ...

but this is the “interspecies money” concept being explored in a trial involving a family of 19 mountain gorillas in Rwanda (with the intention of extending across the whole country next year).

Prospects look better for the mountain gorilla, after years of conservation measures, including anti-poaching and veterinary patrols. And numbers of two large whales are recovering, following ...

I achieved the dream earlier this year when I traveled to Rwanda to visit mountain gorillas. Chris Johnston, of Steppes travel, an expert in gorilla trekking, shares his knowledge and passion in ...

One of Uganda's best known mountain gorillas, Rafiki, has been killed. Four men have been arrested, and they face a life sentence or a fine of $5.4m (£4.3m) if found guilty of killing an ...