Gorilla hunting is banned in the Tofala region, according to the Cross River Gorilla Action Plan. But bushmeat hunting for commercial trade remains a prominent threat to gorillas in Cameroon in ...

The International Union for the Conservation of Nature, or IUCN, cited illegal hunting in downgrading the status of the eastern gorilla on its Red List of Endangered Species.

On Saturday, a 450-pound male gorilla named Harambe was killed after he was seen dragging a 3-year-old boy who climbed through a barrier and fell about 10 feet into the gorilla enclosure.

Social media users explain whether they think 100 men could defeat one gorilla in a fight, the latest question sparking internet discourse.

It is one of just two national parks in the world known to contain Grauer’s gorilla, a highly endangered and poorly understood eastern gorilla subspecies, and is also home to the endemic okapi ...

A 17-year-old gorilla was shot dead Saturday by a Cincinnati Zoo employee who feared the animal would harm a child who had climbed into its enclosure.