The Durham Constabulary in Northern England says two men have been convicted in the theft of a gorilla statue. They say the men had been in the market earlier inquiring about the price of the statue.

When it comes to Kentucky tourism, animal attractions — especially those that involve interacting with feathered, scaly or ...

Nigeria and Turkey are closely working on the safe return of the baby gorilla intercepted at Istanbul Airport, Turkey, on 22 ...

The oldest male lowland gorilla at the Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium died after ongoing heart problems, the zoo announced Wednesday.

From mice performing first aid to birds using antioxidants, animals display remarkable self-medication behaviors that could ...

Human activities such as mining, agriculture, urbanization, damming and logging threaten the habitats of great apes in Africa ...

Some people in Dunedin helped to untangle a roseate spoonbill after it became tangled in fishing line on Monday, March 24. A trainer at SeaWorld Orlando was hurt by one of its killer whales during a ...

In what must have been an equally terrifying and thrilling encounter, tourists in Rwanda get up close and personal with a massive silverback mountain gorilla. The tourists manage to keep their cool, ...

Birds do it, chimps do it, even monarch butterflies do it – and by paying more attention to how animals self-medicate, we can find new treatments for ourselves ...

Gorillas may have greater self-awareness than scientists previously thought. A new study finds that gorillas perform just as well as chimpanzees in tests that require awareness of their own bodies. A ...