New research suggests gorillas may be just as self-aware as chimpanzees, despite struggling with the mirror test.

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

Each year, the second grade students of Kristin Marquis at Crescent City Grade School receive an assignment to research an ...

Some of the penguins at the aquarium are in their 30s, which is double the normal life expectancy of African penguins in the wild. Currently, there's no way for those selling animals to keep track of ...

The largest silverbacks weigh well over 200 kilos – twice the size of the average adult female gorilla – and measure almost two metres tall at the shoulder when standing. When neighbouring silverbacks ...

Alamo officials today confirmed that limestone from a historic quarry that once existed at the zoo’s location was excavated for construction of the Mission San Antonio de Valero’s third and final site ...

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The gorilla was previously rescued from a research centre in Gabon, aged two, by the late John Aspinall. Keepers have said how the animal died this week following an "acute cardiac event".

A BELOVED gorilla has died, leaving members of the public and animal keepers "deeply saddened". The western lowland gorilla named Tebe lived at Howletts Wild Animal Park near Canterbury ...

But have you ever wondered which animal is more powerful – a gorilla or a rhino? Today, we’ll look at the unique qualities that ... rhinos weigh way more than gorillas (up to 5,500 pounds,) while they ...