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The census shows a stunning recovery for a species that once faced a real threat of extinction (Reuters)

African gorillas show 'stunning recovery'

The population of Uganda's mountain gorillas has grown to 400, up from 302 in 2006.

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The three gorillas were separated at birth

VIDEO: Gorilla reunion at UK zoo video

Three gorilla siblings who haven’t seen each other for more than two years have been re-united at a wildlife park in England.

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(Reuters file)

Gorillas recovering from Ebola outbreak

New analysis shows a population of western lowland gorillas is rebuilding after a 2004 Ebola outbreak.

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Monroe the gorilla (L) with his mum Kokomo at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park

Celebrating a gorilla's first birthday video

Who says gorillas can't have birthday parties?

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Cross River gorillas (Image: World Conservation Society via CBS)

Extremely rare video of endangered gorillas video

A family of critically endangered Cross River gorillas have been captured on video.

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(AAP file)

Gorilla gets jaw surgery after scuffle

It was a bit of a zoo at the Nebraska Medical Center over the weekend, when a special patient came in for jaw surgery.

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(Reuters file)

Bigger is better for gorillas

It seems bigger is better for gorillas in the rainforests of the Republic of Congo.

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A gorilla

Humans more like gorillas than previously thought

A new DNA study says we're even more similar to gorillas than scientists thought.

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The analysis found gene variants in gorillas that are harmless to them but are linked to dementia and heart failure in people (AAP)

Gorilla genome: Key to the human condition?

Gorillas are a lot like us, but a new DNA study says we're even more similar than scientists thought. The analysis found gene variants in gorillas that are harmless to them but are linked to dementia and heart failure in people.

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Rwanda is Africa's most densely populated country (Reuters)

Gorillas threatened by climate change - UN video

In the lush mountains of Rwanda's Volcanoes National Park, a family of gorillas is lazing in the sun. They might seem relaxed, but as the climate is heating up these great apes are finding it more difficult to find food.

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The baby western lowland gorilla with her mother Bana at Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo (Photo: Lincoln Park Zoo)

Baby gorilla born at Chicago Zoo video

Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo introduced a cute baby gorilla this week.

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Shamavu the rescued gorilla

Video: Baby gorilla saved from poachers

Five rangers from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) posed as buyers after receiving a tip that a baby gorilla was for sale.

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(Reuters file)

First glimpse of newborn gorilla video

Bristol Zoo and Gardens have welcomed the birth of a new baby gorilla.

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A western lowland gorilla (Reuters)

Lonely gorilla gets double shot at love video

Brazil's only zoo-bound gorilla, who has been single for the past 27 years, can finally say goodbye to lonely days and nights.

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Idi the gorilla

Single furry male seeks mate: zoo sets up lonely gorilla video

Two female gorillas have arrived at a zoo in southeastern Brazil to help an older member of the opposite sex end more than two decades of bachelorhood.

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(Reuters file)

Rare baby mountain gorilla rescued video

Rwandan authorities have rescued a baby gorilla from poachers who said they had bought it for $US15,000 in the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

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(Reuters file)

Gorillas returned to Congo after poaching

Rwandan government officials have returned six orphaned baby gorillas to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) after various foiled poaching attempts by suspected Rwandan and Congolese poachers.

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Owners of the zoo of Saint-Martin-la-Plaine, Pierre and Eliane Thivillon, pose with female gorilla Digit at their bedroom window (Reuters)

Childless French couple adopts gorilla video

Zoo managers Pierre and Elianne Thivillon take the gorilla, named Digit, home every night after she has spent the day entertaining young visitors at the zoo enclosure.

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The baby western lowland gorilla

Video: Baby gorilla keeps a tight grip on mum video

Only ten-days-old and Twycross Zoo's newest member - a baby western lowland gorilla - is already drawing a crowd.

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There are only 786 mountain gorillas in the wild that live in Rwanda, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters file)

Human virus threatens mountain gorillas

A group of researchers say they have found that a virus causing deadly respiratory diseases in humans can be passed on to mountain gorillas in Central Africa.

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