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.

Oct 15, 2025 · 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. …

3 days ago · The San Antonio Zoo’s opening of its new gorilla exhibit is still on schedule after the death of Zola, one of the male gorillas expected to be part of the new Congo Falls habitat.

3 days ago · Congo Falls will be the San Antonio Zoo's first gorilla habitat in more than three decades. One of the gorillas scheduled to relocate to the San Antonio

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?

The Zoo provides support for African gorilla conservation veterinarians from Gorilla Doctors to performed routine health checks and medical interventions on gorillas in the wild.

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

Gorilla facts - The gentle giants of the African forest, gorillas are the largest living primate and one of our closest living relatives.

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, …