Gorillas

Facts About Gorillas
Shy and peaceful at times, gorillas can be a surprise package to people who are not familiar with their typical behavior patterns. Read on to know more remarkable facts about gorillas.

Endangered Gorillas
Though the Gorilla is always purported as a violent beast, it is not so. Here are some reasons and information behind Gorillas being an endangered species.

Information Regarding the Gorilla
Gorillas are the largest of apes. Following is some information regarding the magnificent animals.

Gorilla Intelligence And That Of The Other Great Apes
The gorilla has a bigger brain than that of the chimpanzee yet all the evidence indicates that the chimp is the smarter of the two!

The Tragic Triumph of the Ghost Gorilla
His uniqueness singled him out as a superstar but also ensured that he could never live the life that destiny intended!

Gorilla Conservation
Alhough the number of wild gorillas worldwide has increased, this article shows that there is still a long way to go before this magnificent species is off the endangered list.

Gorilla Classification
Modern Day Gorilla Classification In An Easy-To-Understand Format

The 800lb Gorilla in American Foreign Policy
Alleged terror suspects are held incommunicado all over the world. The delegates gathered in Boston for the Democratic convention are now reported to be overwhelmingly opposed to the war in Iraq.

Last Chance To Halt Great Ape Extinction
According to the United Nations, at least $25 million is urgently needed to save the planet's last few gorillas, chimpanzees, bonobos and orangutans from destruction.

‘Little Joe’ The Gorilla Breaks Out Of Boston Zoo... Again
A juvenile male gorilla broke out of the Franklin Park Zoo in Boston on September 28, in his second escape attempt since August.

Gorillas in Danger from Poaching and Ebola
A new study has found that in the last twenty years poaching and the Ebola virus have cut the ape population of western Africa in half, and that apes are in immediate threat of extinction if the dangers cannot be eliminated or reduced.

Fossil Find of the Century May Just Be a Gorilla After All
Palaeontologists at odds over seven million-year-old discovery. It should have been the pinnacle of Michel Brunet's career. The French scientist had just led a team that had discovered in the southern Sahara a 7-million-year-old fossil skull of a humanlike creature, which he claimed was man's oldest ancestor.

A Monkey Species Was Eaten Into Extinction Last Year - the Gorilla Could Be Next
Hunters are slaughtering African wildlife to supply the UK meat trade, reports Anthony Browne.