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 ...

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

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.

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

"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 ...

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

Robin Roberts travels to Rwanda's Volcanoes National Park, where the last thousand endangered mountain gorillas live in the ...

Female gorillas do not change groups randomly. They avoid the males they grew up with, thus preventing inbreeding, according ...

A long-term study of mountain gorillas finds that when female gorillas move into a new group, they pick one that contains buddies they've lived with before.

Animal lovers will remember The Cheyenne Mountain Zoo (CMZoo) welcomed the first gorilla born at the zoo in almost 13 years ...