Facebook fury as ‘Monkey Life’ faces TV axe
Facebook fans of a British TV show following the antics of monkeys and apes at a primate rescue centre have launched an online campaign to save the show from the axe. Read More »
Gorillas bring wildlife tourists to Rwanda
CNN’s David McKenzie reports from Rwanda on how the once-troubled central African country’s mountain gorillas have inspired a tourism boom. Read More »
London gorillas seek love with French pin-up
London Zoo’s lonely female gorillas have been given a sneak preview of their new playmate – a 20-stone 12-year-old ape called Yeboah who is due to arrive in London from a zoo in northern France later this year. Read More »
Tickling experiments prove apes can laugh
Researchers believe they may have discovered the origins of human laughter after conducting tickling experiments on young apes including bonobos, gorillas, orang-utans and chimpanzees. Read More »
Baby gorilla rescued from trafficking ring
A baby gorilla has been seized from animal traffickers in the Democratic Republic of Congo following a three-month undercover investigation to bust an international wildlife smuggling ring. Read More »
New baby for ‘online dating’ gorillas
“Dancing gorilla with GSOH WLTM female gorilla for LTR.” One year ago, Daimsi and Buu were just lonely singletons. But this week the amorous apes were celebrating the birth of their first baby – after finding love on the internet. Read More »
Gorillas’ drunken antics caught on camera
Don’t you hate it when other people take pictures of you drunk and then post them on Facebook? Well, spare a thought for a group of mountain gorillas whose antics binge-drinking on boozy bamboo sap have been splashed all over the internet. Read More »
Mountain gorilla population could be shrinking
The plight of mountain gorillas could be worse than previously thought, according to a new DNA study by researchers at the Max Planck Institute’s Department of Primatology. Read More »
