When a wildlife cameraman was invited to film the gradual exposure of a gorilla family to humans ... Suddenly, the giant silverback - known as Mpungwe - charged at him with a shriek.

Many Silverback Mountain Gorillas do ... that the child would've been safe even if the gorilla hadn't stopped — there was some very strong glass protecting him. Although it's a good reminder ...

Mountain gorillas live in large family groups headed up by a dominant male gorilla known as a silverback due to the saddle of silver hair on the back of some of the older males. The gorillas seen ...

When wildlife cameraman, Vianet Djenguet, was invited to film the gradual process of a gorilla family getting ... Djenguet met the silverback at the invitation of conservationists in DR Congo's ...

Charles died on Oct. 29 of natural causes after experiencing significant health issues, the Toronto Zoo detailed ...

A man fatally stabbed in a Newport street had been behaving like a "primal, alpha male, silverback gorilla" in the lead-up to his death, a trial has heard. Lee Crewe died after being knifed in ...

Freya Aspinall, 20, has known Tambaby the female gorilla, 35, and silverback Kifu ... Freya has a particularly strong relationship with Tambabi and only her and her dad can safely interact ...

The Toronto Zoo says its 52-year-old western lowland silverback gorilla, Charles, died Tuesday after the sudden onset of "significant health issues." Charles had been a fixture at the zoo since ...

The Toronto Zoo says Charles, a 52-year-old silverback gorilla who had shown signs of deteriorating health, died on Tuesday. The zoo says Charles died from natural causes after staff noticed he was ...