The eastern gorilla is more darkly coloured than the western gorilla, with the mountain gorilla being the darkest of all. The mountain gorilla also has the thickest hair.

Jan 1, 2026 · Gorilla, genus of primates containing the largest of the apes. The gorilla is one of the closest living relatives to humans. Only the chimpanzee and the bonobo are closer. …

The two gorilla species—the eastern and western gorilla—live in equatorial Africa, separated by about 560 miles of Congo Basin forest. Each has a lowland and upland subspecies.

Learn about these brilliant forest dwellers in our ten top gorilla facts! What's a gorilla's favourite food? And why are gorillas endangered?

There are two species, the western gorilla, and the eastern gorilla, separated by the Congo River. They live in the jungles and tropical forests, where their preferred food proliferates: leaves, …

May 13, 2025 · The remarkable story of the mountain gorilla is one example of how. Despite threats such as habitat destruction, disease and years of civil unrest — which had put …

Aug 21, 2019 · Discover 10 facts about the mountain gorilla, the issues they are facing, and what you can do to help.

4 hours ago · Audubon Zoo is preparing to welcome the birth of a Western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species, after the zoo’s last gorilla infant died in 2020 due to medical …

For more than two decades, The Gorilla Organization has worked to save gorillas from extinction. Our projects have carried on through civil war, famine and natural disasters.

Gorilla populations have dramatically declined since the early 1980s, with almost half of the entire eastern gorilla population suspected to have been wiped out.