The Virginia Zoo responded to rumors of an escaped gorilla in Norfolk by confirming that not only were all of its animals ...

What would you do if you were approached by a silverback mountain gorilla? Watch the amazing footage of this close encounter.

One dominant male, or silverback (so called because the hair across the male gorilla’s back turns silver with age), reigns without question within each group. The subordinate males serve as ...

Mountain gorillas generally live in groups of several females with their young and usually one dominant adult male – known as a ‘silverback’ because of the patch of silver hair on his back and hips.

Despite a quarter century of regional conflict, the mountain gorilla population is bouncing back from the brink of extinction—where it was when Fossey began her work. Greer attributes this to ...