How Long Do Gorillas Live? Gorillas live an average of 20 to 40 years in the wild. Captive gorillas live longer lives, though a wild gorilla does not face many natural predators. Given their size ...

Mountain gorillas live in central Africa in a forest that straddles Rwanda, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of Congo, where a family of gorillas was massacred last summer.

Scientists who studied gorillas in jungle clearings say the animals have complex hierarchical societies similar to humans. We humans live in complex social structures, which are thought to have ...

Harambe’s death shows that if gorillas are going to live in zoos, we need more barriers between them and us – for both of our sakes.

Why do male gorillas beat their chests? New study offers intriguing evidence King Kong made the behavior famous, but scientists still know little about why the great apes perform this percussive ...

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!

Where Do Mountain Gorillas Live? As their name suggests, mountain gorillas live at high elevations deep in the forests of mountain ranges.

Gorillas have long held a unique mystique for humans. The Early Show national correspondent Tracy Smith decided to get a look at them in the wild, so she set off this summer on what she called a ...

The gentle vegetarians are tolerant of human presence, which means scientists can study them and tourists can pay to observe them. Tourist dollars are being used in Rwanda to fend off development ...

The most extensive genetic analysis of mountain gorillas ever conducted has found the critically endangered apes burdened with severe inbreeding and at risk of ...