The total world population of mountain gorillas has risen to 880, according to census data released today by the Uganda Wildlife Authority. The number of mountain gorillas has increased from the 2010 ...

Many mountain gorillas keep living - vigorous and socially engaged - for a decade or more beyond the years of reproduction.

WASHINGTON — There are more gorillas in the mist — a rare conservation success story, scientists say. After facing near-extinction, mountain gorillas are slowly rebounding. On Wednesday, the ...

The number of mountain gorillas in Virunga National Park has increased despite the war being waged in and around the area, according to the first count in 16 months. Eastern DRC – The number of ...

WASHINGTON — There are more gorillas in the mist — a rare conservation success story, scientists say. After facing near-extinction, mountain gorillas are slowly rebounding. On Wednesday, the ...

(AP) The population of Uganda’s mountain gorillas has grown to 400, up from 302 in 2006, according to a census conducted last year, bringing the total number of mountain gorillas in Africa to 880 and ...

New research from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology and the University of Turku reveals that female ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Successful conservation interventions have helped mountain gorilla populations recover from 620 in 1989 to more than 1,000 today. However, mountain ...

Mountain gorillas in Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park. (Skyler Bishop for Gorilla Doctors) If infected with the Ebola virus, less than 20% of endangered mountain gorillas living in Africa’s Virunga ...