A gorilla at a zoo in Japan just gave the internet one of its most relatable viral moments in recent memory, and he didn't ...

Gorillas and humans share 98.3% of their DNA. That figure comes from genome sequencing published in Nature in 2012, which also found that roughly 30% of the gorilla genome is actually closer to humans ...

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New research from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology and the University of Turku reveals that female mountain gorillas, like humans and a handful of other mammals, can live long ...

A viral video of a young gorilla bursting into laughter-like sounds while being gently tickled by a familiar human caretaker is doing more than entertaining millions online. According to a recent ...

I once took an anthropology class to learn about humans. We went to the zoo to observe primate behavior. I asked my friend Nanda Grow about the behavior you describe – throwing poop. She’s a ...

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