Gorilla: the largest great ape. Kingdom: | Animalia Class: | Mammalia Order: | Primates Family: | Hominidae Subfamily: | Homininae Genus: | Gorilla The genus Gorilla is divided into two species: the eastern gorilla (Gorilla beringer) and the western gorilla (Gorilla gorilla). The eastern gorilla ...
Feats of strength and playing hard to get: How gorillas mate.
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Before David Attenborough left Zoologist Dian Fossey's camp in the Virunga National Park, he promised to help her in her efforts to save the mountain gorilla populations. He joined with other conservationists to create the Mountain Gorilla Fund. "Attenborough's Life Stories: Our Fragile Planet" premieres ...
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This week's dirt: new study suggests a warmer, greener Antarctica 20 million years ago, gorilla populations start to rebound after 2004 ebola outbreak, sponge DNA may give us new insight into our central nervous system, new research shows that goat moms know their kids' voices, ...
New species for 2012 includes sneezing monkey, zebrafish "smell fear", harvestman spider managed to cross the Pacific Ocean 82 million years ago, tomatoes contain more genes than humans, and more.
