Tag Archive for 'Mountain gorilla'

Mountain gorilla silverback chest beating. Image credit: Wright et al., doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-86261-8.

Male Gorillas Beat Their Chests to Advertise Body Size, Study Shows

Apr 12, 2021 by News Staff

The chest beat of male mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei) is an honest signal of body size, according to a paper published in the journal Scientific...

Morrison et al. suggest that mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei) show weak territoriality and that, as in humans, this territoriality is sensitive to differences in social relationships. Image credit: Veronica Vecellio.

Mountain Gorillas are Friendly to Familiar Neighbors, New Study Finds

Oct 29, 2020 by News Staff

Mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei) live in tight-knit groups, foraging, resting and sleeping together around a core home range and a wider peripheral...

A family of mountain gorillas in Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda. Image credit: Tierra Smiley Evans, University of California, Davis.

Epstein Barr-Like Virus Detected in Wild Mountain Gorillas

Jul 13, 2017 by News Staff

Researchers have detected a herpes virus in wild mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei) that is very similar to Epstein-Barr virus in humans. A...

The mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei). Image credit: Gavin Langille / CC BY-SA 2.0.

Mountain Gorillas Reveal Their Genetic Secrets

Apr 9, 2015 by News Staff

A team of genetic scientists, co-led by Dr Chris Tyler-Smith of the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute and Dr Aylwyn Scally of the University of Cambridge,...