There are about a thousand mountain gorillas remaining on Earth, and about half live in the forests of the Virunga mountains ...

National Geographic photographer and WWF ambassador Jasper Doest joined conservation teams during the latest mountain gorilla census in Bwindi Impenetrable national park, taking pictures of the apes a ...

Mountain gorillas might look like muscle-bound jungle kings, but they’ve got layers (and lots of them). Behind those broad shoulders and serious stares are creatures full of quirks, social smarts, and ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The Critically Endangered mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei), has been brought back from extinction’s brink in Rwanda, with numbers in ...

Erin Marie Williams is working on her Ph.D. at George Washington University's Hominid Paleobiology Program. Normally an expert in stone tools and the evolution of the human hand and wrist, Erin Marie ...

A 2018 survey shows that mountain gorilla numbers have increased in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda, and Sarambwe Reserve, DR Congo, according to the Uganda Wildlife Authority. The 2018 ...

A MOUNTAIN gorilla stretches out her hand, places it gently on David Attenborough’s head and peers deeply into his eyes. ...

Every morning, trackers leave the Karisoke Research Center and head into the jungles of Rwanda, where mountain gorillas’ lives just got a bit easier. Their job is an extension of the work ...

Mark of the Nyakagezi gorilla group captivated our attention for a full hour doing nothing more than lying around and eating a late breakfast. Mark’s adorable, yet-unnamed 3-month-old clung happily to ...

With close to a million species now threatened with extinction, it's not often you hear about a conservation success story. But as we first reported in November, the mountain gorillas of the East ...