These gorillas are critically endangered, with habitat destruction being one of the main factors contributing to their declining population. Erin Dauenhauer-Decota, Assistant Curator of Primates ...

In addition to disease and poaching, the gorillas face habitat loss due to logging for agriculture use, human settlements and mining. Many of the West African lowlands and swamps, the places these ...

The zoo said natural gorilla habitats continue to decline as a result of agriculture, settlements and mining for a mineral used in electronics. Guests can bring the devices to the admissions ...

“The mountain gorilla faces a grave danger of extinction—primarily because of the encroachments of native man upon its habitat,” she wrote. Her 1983 book, Gorillas in the Mist, an affecting ...

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Vertix Builders, a culture-focused construction company, has announced the completion of yet another highly specialized ...

This summer, primates will gain a new outdoor home. (Brookfield Zoo Chicago) Western lowland gorillas have moved into a new indoor habitat at Brookfield Zoo Chicago as part of the preparation for ...

In addition to disrupting habitats for endangered animals like gorillas, the mining operations also disturb the soil. “So you can have toxins that have been absorbed into the soil that is brought up ...

But the idea of exploiting hydrocarbons in the area remains. Mountain gorilla habitat at the slope of volcano mountain, Virunga National Park, DRC. Image by Peter Prokosch/GRID-Arendal via ...