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.

A new study done in Rwanda's Volcanoes National Park has found that female mountain gorillas often choose to join groups where they know someone, especially other females they lived with in the past, ...

A new study by scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig and the University of Turku ...

Over 50 years ago, the idea that males had universal social power over females across all mammalian species was challenged by ...

They're one of our closest relatives in the animal kingdom.Now, a new study reveals that in gorilla communities, girls have ...

KIGALI, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- Rwanda's gorilla naming ceremony, locally known as Kwita Izina, is set to take place on Sep. 5, with 40 baby gorillas to be named, the Rwanda Development Board (RDB) has ...

Female mountain gorillas in Rwanda appear to use a strategy familiar to many humans when entering new social situations: they ...

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

The Gorilla Naming Ceremony, better known as Kwita Izina, will take place on September 5, after its postponement in 2024, Rwanda Development Board (RDB) announced.

When female gorillas leave one social group and join another, they tend to seek out groups with other females that they've ...