Just like their gorilla cousins, these eastern lowland giants are big fans of fruits and greens. But here’s the twist: back in the mid-90s, there were around 17,000 of these magnificent creatures.

By Fergus O’Leary SimpsonJoel MasselinkLara Collart The resurgence of the M23 (March 23 movement) rebel group has once again ...

An international team of scientists sequenced the genomes of seven mountain gorillas and six eastern lowland gorillas (Gorilla beringei graueri), another eastern gorilla subspecies, comparing them to ...