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

The boy, being four years old, immediately climbed into the gorilla cage, where he plummeted some 15 feet into a moat. A 17-year-old, 400-plus-pound Western lowland silverback gorilla named ...

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 ...

The western lowland silverback was euthanized ... and the males have an arm span of 8 feet. Western lowland gorillas − given ...