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 ...

Ellen Degeneres and wife Portia de Rossi will work to carry on Dian Fossey's legacy in Saturday night's Saving the Gorillas: Ellen's Next Adventure on Discovery.

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