Filmmaker Vianet Djenguet documents the dangerous but vital process of habituating a notoriously protective 500-pound silverback. Habituation is a last-ditch effort to save the critically endangered ...

In what must have been an equally terrifying and thrilling encounter, tourists in Rwanda get up close and personal with a massive silverback mountain gorilla. The tourists manage to keep their cool, ...

In mountain gorilla troops, females hold real sway, challenging bigger males and influencing the social pecking order. Whether it’s King Kong climbing the Empire State building or Donkey Kong throwing ...

In this corner, we have the mighty male silverback gorilla, a massive great ape with a powerful punch! His opponent is the terrifying, fierce grizzly bear yielding long, dagger-like claws capable of ...

Zac Mills is a wildlife photographer and conservationist who works with bears, big cats, and great apes. He founded The Wildlife Collective, where he shares his experiences with these animals along ...

WASHINGTON — Gorillas are highly sociable animals – up to a point. A crowded mountain can make silverbacks more violent, scientists say. Mountain gorillas spend most of their time sleeping, chomping ...

BWINDI, Uganda — 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 have ...

In one corner, we have the mighty Silverback Mountain Gorilla, with powerful arm strength and fearsome teeth. In the other corner, one of the meanest mammals on earth, the grizzly bear who, fights ...

The Cheyenne Mountain Zoo made an “extra special” Mother’s Day announcement this year. Asha, the zoo’s 32-year-old critically endangered Western lowland gorilla, is pregnant, the zoo said in a news ...

Conservationists put themselves at risk to habituate a notoriously protective 500-pound silverback. Filmmaker Vianet Djenguet documents the dangerous but vital process of habituating a notoriously ...