The word gorilla comes from a greek word gorillai, a term that was used to refer to women with hairy bodies in the tribe of gorillini. Gorillas have a lot in common with human beings since they are ...

Gorillas have long captured the imagination of human beings, and for good reason — they're the largest living primates on the planet. But popular depictions of gorillas are often inaccurate. TV and ...

Cross River gorillas are a critically endangered subspecies of the western gorilla. They live in the lowland forests of Cameroon and Nigeria, but they are reclusive and shy of humans. We knew little ...