Chest beating is, I now know, a regular method of gorilla communication, practiced by adult male gorillas ... it serves a number of purposes. A silverback might beat his chest as a threat while ...

Mountain gorillas are a subspecies of eastern gorilla (Gorilla beringei ... Troops are led by one dominant, older adult male, often called a silverback because of the swath of silver hair ...

GENEVA — The Zurich Zoo’s beloved gorilla of more than 40 years has been put down after a long struggle with declining health ...

People have been pushing into the mountain gorilla’s forests in central Africa for ... of several females with their young and usually one dominant adult male – known as a ‘silverback’ because of the ...

When wildlife cameraman, Vianet Djenguet, was invited to film the gradual process of a gorilla family ... to the group's alpha male, Mpungwe. Djenguet met the silverback at the invitation of ...

The current troop includes the leader, Jontu (28), a silverback, adult male gorilla; Binti Jua (37, female) and four gorillas born at Brookfield Zoo Chicago: Koola (30, female), Kamba (20 ...