Like the vegetarian who can't resist the occasional burger, the otherwise herbivorous gorilla might succumb to cravings for its evolutionary cousins, a new study hints. While some zoo specimens are ...

Gorillas and humans alike have long sampled the rich diversity of plants that grow in the humid rainforest of Moukalaba-Doudou National Park, in the central African country of Gabon. Side by side, we ...

Wild gorillas in Gabon eat several of the same plants traditional healers in the region use, and these plants show antibacterial properties in lab dishes, scientists found. In a new study, compounds ...

Our guide to one of our closest relatives – the gorilla, including the difference between the two species, why they're ...

VIRUNGA NATIONAL PARK, Rwanda - Rwandan soldiers fanned out across Virunga National Park on Tuesday to protect endangered mountain gorillas after militiamen grilled one male and ate its meat. A second ...