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

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

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

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

When female gorillas leave one social group and join another, they tend to seek out groups with other females that they've lived with in the past, showing the power of long-term relationships.

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

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

Female gorillas choose new groups by avoiding familiar males and following old female friends, reducing inbreeding and social ...

The "GMA" co-anchor got a closer look at mountain gorillas in their natural habitat. There are only about a thousand still in ...

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 ...

Female mountain gorillas are showing scientists how important friendship can be in the animal world.A long-term study from ...