Number of mountain gorillas in the world is growing - the incredible legacy of Dian Fossey who was murdered 40 years ago on Boxing Day 1985 ...

Blackpool Zoo is celebrating a record-breaking year with its highest-ever visitor numbers, major awards, new animal arrivals, and ...

Our 10 Favorite Stories and Photos from the Year ...

Impact on Gorilla Preservation When Dian Fossey started her work in September 1967, the mountain gorilla population was ...

Every morning while the great apes of the L.A. Zoo are sleeping, Tania Prebble goes around distributing their food, medicine ...

On December 26, 1985, Dr. Dian Fossey was tragically murdered in her cabin deep within the Virunga mountains of Rwanda. On the 40th ...

Redd’s daily treatment reveals how orangutans with chronic respiratory diseases are adapting to use certain medical tools ...

The textbook version of the "Out of Africa" hypothesis holds that the first human species to leave the continent around 1.8 ...

Great apes are humans' closest relatives in the animal kingdom. As much as 98.8% of their DNA is shared, but while the number ...

From acrobatic gorillas to maritime lions and fluorescent plants, here are the most eye-catching shots of the natural world ...