This story appears in the January 1970 issue of National Geographic magazine. For the past three years I have spent most of my days with wild mountain gorillas. Their home, and mine, has been the ...

My farewell handshake with Peanuts came after more than three years of study of the mountain gorilla (Gorilla gorilla beringei), largest of the great apes. The animal is already classified by ...

Trekking to see wild mountain gorillas is an experience that has been on our bucket list for over 10 years, and since Uganda ...

Venture into Virunga National Park with Smithsonian writer Paul Raffaele as he examines the threats facing mountain gorillas in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Explore Subscribe Newsletters ...

BBC climate editor Justin Rowlatt visits Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Uganda, to find out what mountain gorilla conservation can tell us about protecting other species. I could tell she knew I was ...

It must have seemed so cool! That is...until the gorilla inexplicably ... some truth to what he was saying. Many Silverback Mountain Gorillas do see eye contact as a challenge.

Photo courtesy of Gorilla Doctors Each day at the crack of dawn, Dr. Ricky Okwir Okello hikes deep into Uganda's Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, so named for its steep, mountainous ridges and dense ...

Ndakasi with her caretaker Andre Bauma, before her death days later Ndakasi, a beloved mountain gorilla who went viral after posing for a relaxed selfie with rangers, has died after a long illness ...

I achieved the dream earlier this year when I traveled to Rwanda to visit mountain gorillas. Chris Johnston, of Steppes travel, an expert in gorilla trekking, shares his knowledge and passion in ...

Kwita Izina has significantly influenced the conservation of gorillas. The mountain gorilla population, which was classified as endangered in the 1980s with fewer than 250 individuals, has seen a ...

Over thirty years ago, Dian Fossey established the Karisoke Research Center in Rwanda to study the behavior and ecology of mountain gorillas. Some of the offspring of the gorillas first studied by ...

For the past three decades the mountain gorillas of Karisoke Research Center have been the subject of many studies focusing on their behaviour and ecology. Long-term observations on known individuals, ...