During this time, a mother gorilla feeds her infant within the gaze of the outsiders. This footage is part of the BBC/PBS series Silverback, which is an eye-opening documentary about saving this ...

NATURE: Preview of Silverback This observational documentary chronicles a last-ditch effort to save the critically endangered eastern lowland gorillas from extinction in the Democratic Republic of ...

If successful, tourists will be able to visit the family, which will raise income to help protect the gorillas and their habitat. Silverback will be broadcast on Sunday 7 January at 21:00 GMT on ...

- When gorillas see you every day, that's when the trust has started to kick in. (birds tweeting) (foliage rustling) And then all of a sudden, through the habituation, you became part of the group ...

For the first time, cameraman Vianet Djenguet captures the face of the forest’s 500-pound silverback. This large — and protective — silverback called Mpungwe leads a family of 23 gorillas.

Suddenly, the giant silverback - known ... for three months for a BBC documentary. He had to trek through dense forest each day, following the endangered gorillas with an eight stone (50kg ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Buffalo Zoo is rolling out the red carpet Friday for the official public debut of its new silverback gorilla, Babatunde. He got to the zoo back on Sept. 4, and since then, he has ...

There are just over 1,000 mountain gorillas in existence and the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) described Rafiki's death as a "very big blow". The silverback, believed to be around 25-years-old ...

The Toronto Zoo says its 52-year-old western lowland silverback gorilla, Charles, died Tuesday after the sudden onset of "significant health issues." Charles had been a fixture at the zoo since ...