The oldest male lowland gorilla at the Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium died after ongoing heart problems, the zoo announced ...

“I have seen a silverback gorilla take a green coconut and crush it — beyond the strength of anything you know. So it’s a choice between a human life and an animal life.” This story drove ...

The Fort Worth Zoo is celebrating one of its most beloved animals — who is believed to be the oldest silverback gorilla in the world! Ramses, who turned 52 on Wednesday, has seemingly stolen the ...

What would you do if you were approached by a silverback mountain gorilla? Watch the amazing footage of this close encounter.

(A male gorilla is called a silverback when, at about age 11 to ... I was certain that the animal we came to call Nunkie would turn out to be one of Group 5's younger, peripheral silverbacks ...

The hoot bark is more often heard when an animal is curious or alarmed. When given by the dominant silverback, it usually attracts the immediate attention of the group. Gorilla vocalization has ...

As animal lovers mourn the loss of Harambe the endangered silverback western lowland gorilla, scientists are working to find a way for the animal to live on. According to Cincinnati.com ...

On Memorial Day weekend in 2016, a four-year-old boy climbed into the gorilla enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo, encountering Harambe, a 17-year-old, 400-pound silverback gorilla. The ensuing ...

All reusable devices will be refurbished and resold to support SAFE Gorilla's conservation efforts ... Last year, the Detroit Zoo earned the Silverback Award for collecting 2,792 devices and ...

According to the zoo, they are partnering with SAFE (Saving Animals ... funds for SAFE Gorilla's conservation programs in Africa. Last year, the Detroit Zoo earned the Silverback Award for ...