While it may have soft-soaped on the more politically touchy aspects of Dian Fossey's mission to save Africa's mountain gorillas, Michael Apted's film still delivers a captivating portrait of a ...

"This is the highest-known density of gorillas that's ever been found," Rainey said. Watch a glimpse of gorilla ... Fossey and the film "Gorillas in the Mist." The mountain gorilla population ...

The young gorilla first starred in "Gorillas in the Mist", a film about the famed gorilla conservationist Dian Fossey. Dian was portrayed by Sigourney Weaver in the popular hit film. Orphaned at ...

Brightrall told the Free ... carefully watch for maternal and nursing behaviors while tracking milestones such as eye movements, sound recognition and object grasping. The other gorillas will ...

Few people sacrifice themselves as completely as Dian Fossey did for the mountain gorillas of Africa ... in Africa because she wanted to watch them roam free in habitats unspoiled by human ...

As the mist rose above the trees and the lush green ... there are estimated to be around 1,000 gorillas in Bwindi and its ...

On the topic of gorillas made out of metallic housewares, Uri Geller deserves a mention for commissioning one made out of spoons, including one that was used by Winston Churchill. It's what he ...

Wild gorillas eat the same tree bark used by traditional healers, which can inhibit the growth of E. coli in petri dishes, according to a new study. Wild gorillas in Gabon eat several of the same ...

He says if there was enough money for conservation, the gorillas would not have to be part of eco-tourism. "It would be much easier to just leave them in the forest and let them be free," he says.

Rwanda’s Virunga volcanoes have become the go-to for once-in-a-lifetime encounters with mountain gorillas. And further south, Botswana, Namibia and South Africa are seen as essential stop-offs ...

An Oscar-nominated Sigourney Weaver stars as Dian Fossey, the US scientist who dedicated her life to studying and protecting the mountain gorillas of Rwanda. Drama ...