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

Finally, casual chest pounding is done to assert themselves as leaders. A silverback gorilla might pound his chest a few ...

The boy, being four years old, immediately climbed into the gorilla cage, where he plummeted some 15 feet into a moat. A 17-year-old, 400-plus-pound Western lowland silverback gorilla named ...

The Fort Worth Zoo is celebrating one of its most beloved animals — who is believed to be the oldest silverback gorilla in the world! Ramses, who turned 52 on Wednesday, has seemingly stolen the ...

He was a cantankerous, grizzle-haired silverback, a likable tramp who showed up in the range of Group 5, a gorilla family that lived close to camp. A student helper rushed in to tell me about the ...

On Memorial Day weekend in 2016, a four-year-old boy climbed into the gorilla enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo, encountering Harambe, a 17-year-old, 400-pound silverback gorilla. The ensuing ...

This is critical for their safety—as Kambale learned after being charged by a protective silverback while trying to remove a snare from a baby gorilla. Yalala is treated after being caught by a ...

April 5, 2023 Bokito at the age of 20. Photo: Novum / Rob Doolaard Bokito at the age of 20. Photo: Novum / Rob Doolaard Silverback gorilla Bokito, who caused headlines around the world after escaping ...

In 2024, the DZS earned the Silverback Award for collecting 2,792 ... Line program was created to combat the destruction of wild gorilla habitats caused by mining materials necessary to power ...

We know the gorilla in the video is a mature male because of the silver hair on his back. Given his bravery in checking out the humans, this silverback is likely the dominant male of his troop.