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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

they’ll be among the first dispatched to track its source—and help contain the disease before it reaches the remaining mountain gorillas and the humans who live near them. In the meantime ...

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 ...