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3 days ago · Gorillas are some of our closest relatives in the wild, but today they're in trouble. This World Gorilla Day, Monday, Sept. 24, the challenges for both species are great. As a longtime leader in gorilla conservation, WCS is in position to help. Here's what's been happening.
3 days ago · Gorillas. In the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, war and insecurity over the past two decades have had a devastating impact on Grauer's gorillas, a subspecies of the Eastern gorilla. Recent WCS surveys show declines of 80–90%. Among gorillas, they are not alone.
1 day ago · Primates range in size from Madame Berthe's mouse lemur, which weighs 30 g (1 oz), to the eastern gorilla, weighing over 200 kg (440 lb). There are 376–524 species of living primates, depending on which classification is used.
3 days ago · Western lowland gorilla Calaya recently entered her second trimester of pregnancy. Just like other members of the great ape family—including humans—gorillas experience weight gain, and some experience bouts of morning sickness.
3 days ago · World Gorilla Day, celebrated on September 24, reminds us of the importance of protecting gorillas, who are our closest relatives after chimpanzees. This day calls on people to take action to help gorillas, guided by international agreements like the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals.
1 day ago · List of animal names. Mother sea otter with sleeping pup, Morro Bay, California. In the English language, many animals have different names depending on whether they are male, female, young, domesticated, or in groups. The best-known source of many English words used for collective groupings of animals is The Book of Saint Albans, an essay on ...
22 hours ago · Galaxy S24 FE - Corning Gorilla Glass 5 (on the back), Corning Gorilla Glass Victus+ on the front, and aluminum frame. The Samsung Galaxy S24 FE, unsurprisingly, doesn't feel as robust. If I didn ...
