Gorillas, as ecosystem engineers, contribute to maintaining the health of their habitats by spreading seeds and creating clearances for new plant growth. Transporting zoo-born animals to new wild ...

Efforts to protect tigers and their habitats are ongoing, but much work remains to be done to ensure the survival of this magnificent species. Tiger sleeping. Image by Wizzard via Depositphotos.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Alan Toyne, who worked at Bristol Zoo, hand-reared two gorillas who were rejected by ... dense forest and landscape of the species' natural habitat. The new house is expected to be completed ...

They eat a lot of plant matter, but they will also eat termites, ants, and other insects. The greatest differences between a mandrill and a gorilla lie in their morphology and size. Gorillas can range ...

Loose Dog Rescued from San Diego Safari Park After Jumping into Zoo's Gorilla Habitat "First of all, we're making sure the offspring is safe and feeling healthy and breastfeeding, then the next ...

“When first introduced to Gorilla Grove, some members of the troop, including Little Joe and Aziza, acclimated to the new space right away, while it took some of the others longer to get used to the ...

Jabir and Virgil slid out 'through an unsecured door behind the scenes of the indoor gorilla habitat' at 9:50am. Scroll down for video 'The gorillas were always within the building and within ...