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 ...

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 ...

A mountain gorilla eats leaves in the forest of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in southwestern Uganda, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. BWINDI, Uganda (AP) — Sept. 24 is observed as World Gorilla Day. It ...

A gorilla calmly ate lychees at a zoo in China. Video shows the relaxed primate being fed the fruit at the Shanghai Zoo in Changning, Shanghai, on September 13. After eating the juicy flesh, the ...

If you love to go on adventures and travel around the world, and you ever find yourself in the jungle, especially in the tropical forests of Africa, there’s a chance that you may come across a gorilla ...

BWINDI, Uganda (AP) — News of a sick or injured mountain gorilla can worry local residents in this mountainous area that’s home to the endangered species. That’s partly because most of the gorillas ...

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 ...

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 ...

BWINDI, Uganda (AP) — Sept. 24 is observed as World Gorilla Day. It was launched in 2017 to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the establishment of a Rwanda-based gorilla study center founded by ...