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.

The mountain gorilla’s range is limited to a small ... One dominant male, or silverback (so called because the hair across the male gorilla’s back turns silver with age), reigns without ...

Researchers have found that gorillas have significantly smaller genitals compared to humans and other primates, and there’s ...

There had been scientific observations of wild mountain gorillas in ... authority by a dominant male—a silverback, so-called because with age a gorilla's dorsal hair turns silvery gray.

Kahuzi-Biega National Park in Democratic Republic of Congo i s the only place where visitors can see the largest gorillas in the world: the eastern lowland gorilla. The park is hoping ...

They're doing somersaults and climbing on the backs of their Silverback fathers, who seem so patient. Tell us what a typical trip to see the mountain gorillas entails. CJ: You buy a permit to ...

Thanks to a partnership between the Pretoria National Zoological Garden and the University of Pretoria (UP), a 23-year-old silverback gorilla named Binga recently underwent a complex dental ...

In this corner, we have the mighty male silverback gorilla, a massive great ape with a powerful punch! His opponent is the terrifying, fierce grizzly bear yielding long, dagger-like claws capable ...

The zoo is currently home to the UK's oldest silverback gorilla. Credit: Jon Drew. Gorillas have been left "distressed" following a number of break-ins at the former site of Bristol Zoo.

The compelling story of one of the most successful mountain gorillas that has ever lived - a huge silverback called Titus. The programme starts in 1967, when the researcher Dian Fossey first made ...