(CBSNews.com) - Louis is not like his fellow playmates. The gorilla has been a star at the Philadelphia Zoo for the past 14 years, but new videos have brought him nationwide attention. Weighing in at ...

Silverback gorillas are famous for their impressive, bulging physiques — and their rather modest genitalia. Now, scientists have uncovered a potential genetic link between these apes' small members ...

Native to Africa, where they live in tropical forests, marshes, mountains, and upland habitats, gorillas are powerful primates that are closely related to humans. Gorillas are the largest extant ...

CINCINNATI (AP) - The Cincinnati Zoo is suing for the return of a gorilla loaned to a California conservatory as a companion for Koko, the late gorilla famed for mastering sign language. In a ...

An unusual hypothetical question has captured the internet’s collective imagination in recent weeks, generating thousands of reactions across social media platforms. The scenario in question, whether ...

There’s a lot we don’t know about gorillas. This is due to the lack of legal dead gorillas to dissect. And that means many details of our shared family tree remain unclear. For instance, we used to ...

Your concern with gorilla conservation is appreciated. 1 We do, however, have a problem with the concept of permitting human tours in the wild animals' living areas. Having spent more than 40 years ...