Gorillas self-medicate with plants. We could soon use them for our own medicine
Researchers explore traditional medicinal plants used by gorillas for drug discovery
Tag: gorilla
Joking in the jungle: Apes have humor and they love teasing each other
This challenges the idea that humor is a human-only characteristic.
Why do gorillas beat their chest? This study shows they don’t ‘bluff’
Male gorillas beat their chest to signal dominance to other males, but also their reproductive value to females.
Bands of chimps attacked and killed gorillas. It’s the first time we’ve witnessed anything like this
Chimps formed coalitions and attacked gorilla families close to their territory, killing two gorilla infants in the process.
Gorillas and humans treat their territory the same way, study finds
They defend the center of their land, but generally tolerate other gorillas.
Gorillas have ‘old friends’ and other elements of complex societies
We might not be the unique species we like to consider ourselves.
Young gorillas learn to dismantle poachers’ traps
In Rwanda's Volcanoes National Park poachers set thousands of snares to trap wildlife for meat. Inadvertently mountain gorillas -- listed ...
Japanese women are going bananas after this ridiculously handsome gorilla
In the last couple of months, Japanese women flocked in unusual numbers to the Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens in ...
Ebola has killed off a third of the world’s gorillas and chimpanzees
The great apes are suffering greatly from Ebola too - gorillas and chimps are facing the greatest threat ever, after ...
Koko’s compassion might show to the world that gorillas communicate
Just a while ago, I told you how researchers translated the chimpanzee gesture language. It was a real breakthrough, since ...
Gorilla mother uses makeshift ladder to help her young climb an obstacle [PHOTO]
While chimpanzees, which are our closest relatives sharing 98% of our genetic blueprint, are notorious for their widespread tool use, ...
Most endangered gorilla species caught for the first time on film
The Cross River gorilla is a critically endangered gorilla species, native to the border region of Nigeria-Cameroon. Today, only about ...
Gorillas are more related to humans than previously thought, complete genome sequence shows
Researchers have completed the great apes family's genetic library after they sequenced the genes of a western lowland gorilla, joining the already-sequenced ...
