A 17-year-old, 400-plus-pound Western lowland silverback gorilla named Harambe promptly ran over to the boy, standing over him. Then, irritated by the screaming visitors, he grabbed the boy by the ...

He was a Western lowland gorilla — a subspecies of the great apes found in Africa and listed as critically endangered — and because of his mature age he was a silverback, after the gray hair ...

Zoo staff said Roxie will be remembered for chasing the baby gorillas around and being helpful in bringing offspring closer to the troop by teaching Goma, a silverback gorilla, his place in the group.

The Toronto Zoo says its 52-year-old western lowland silverback gorilla, Charles, died Tuesday after the sudden onset of ...

When wildlife cameraman, Vianet Djenguet, was invited to film the gradual process of a gorilla family getting ... Djenguet met the silverback at the invitation of conservationists in DR Congo's ...