Female mountain gorillas use memory and social bonds to choose new groups, avoiding familiar males while seeking known female ...

Scientists based the research on 20 years of data covering multiple groups of gorillas in Volcanoes National Park, in Rwanda.

A new study finds that when female mountain gorillas move to a new crowd, they look for females they’ve already met ...

With only about 1,000 left in the wild, according to the World Wildlife Fund and the International Gorilla Conservation ...

Researchers found female gorillas avoid males they grew up with when moving and look for females they already know ...

In Rwanda's Volcanoes National Park, the last thousand endangered mountain gorillas live in the wild. Tourism for the ...

Over 50 years ago, the idea that males had universal social power over females across all mammalian species was challenged by ...

Female mountain gorillas in Rwanda appear to use a strategy familiar to many humans when entering new social situations: they ...

"I'm not going if I don't know anyone"—sound all too familiar? Well it's not just humans. Socializing in a new group can be ...

When female gorillas leave one social group and join another, they tend to seek out groups with other females that they've ...

KIGALI, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- Rwanda's gorilla naming ceremony, locally known as Kwita Izina, is set to take place on Sep. 5, with 40 baby gorillas to be named, the Rwanda Development Board (RDB) has ...

Research shaped by 20 years of data shows the key traits female gorillas look for when seeking a new social group and what ...