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

When talking about species, we can classify them into Eastern and Western Gorillas. The Eastern gorillas can be found in Uganda, Rwanda, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. They are deemed ...

The Eastern gorilla is critically endangered, and like many species faces the threat of habitat decline The world's nations have agreed a funding plan at UN talks in Rome for reversing the decline ...

Mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei) are a subspecies of the eastern gorilla. The older males of the species develop a silver streak of hair across their backs and are known as silverbacks.

Every month Kambale and Kabuyaya trek into the jungles of Virunga National Park in the volatile eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo to assess each gorilla’s health. They identify any ...