Some of the trackers are former gorilla poachers. Sooner or later, they always find the gorilla’s nests. Malui’s family of nine has been followed from dawn to dusk nearly every day since 2000.

Inspired by an ancient Rwandan practice, Kwita Izina honours each button-cute baby gorilla born in Volcanoes National Park with a meaningful moniker.

A gorilla guide would earn more than a gorilla poacher. Selling produce to a local lodge would bring in more money than hawking it on the street. Working as a manager in a hotel would pay better ...

ST PAUL, Minn — A gorilla at the Como Park Zoo & Conservatory was euthanized after battling damage caused by an infection.

For millennia, mountain gorillas roamed across the forests of Uganda, Rwanda, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. But in the last 100 years, rampant deforestation, poaching, and conflicts have ...

Nyati was euthanized on Tuesday following what zoo officials say was “a significant decline in her quality of life due to ...

Seeing mountain gorillas in the wild is a magical bucket list experience, but it wasn't always this way. Poachers decimated gorilla numbers in the 1960s and 70s, leaving them at risk of extinction.