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2022 Safari Photographer of the Year Winners Revealed—Tender Titans, Tribespeople, Surreal Landscapes

Destroying the stereotype of the hulking gorilla, this picture reveals the species in an atypically tender light. Tomasz Szpila’s photo “Touch” captures a male gorilla’s gentle digit upon a baby sibling’s forehead. It also saw Szpila crowned 2022 Wilderness Safaris Photographer of the Year. Only seven days old at the time, the infant primate belongs to the…


The Gorilla (1939)

When a wealthy man is threatened by a killer known as The Gorilla, he hires the Ritz Brothers to investigate. A real escaped gorilla shows up at the mansion just as the investigators arrive. Credit: Public Domain Movies – Feature Films: Cinema collection: epochcinema.com Epoch Original content: epochoriginal.com Feature Films: www.theepochtimes.com/featured-films * Click the “Save”…


Gorillas Recognize Human Friends After 12 Years

Absolutely touching! The gorillas seem so sad to see them leave. (Video courtesy of  The Aspinall Foundation.) …


Young Daughter of Conservationist Befriends Gorillas in the Wild

Bonding with these amazing creatures in the jungle is something she’ll never forget.


Nature Photographer Wins Grand Prize for Gorilla Joyfully Walking Through a Cloud of Butterflies

For photographer Anup Shah from the UK, taking pictures of wildlife is a way of connecting to nature authentically—sidestepping the masks that humans often put on in their interactions. Put off by the narcissism of social media, disenchanted with academia, Anup spends six months of the year going on adventures and connecting with nature through…


Orphaned Mountain Gorilla, 14, Dies in the Arms of Her Caretaker: ‘I Loved Her Like a Child’

An orphaned mountain gorilla from Africa, who became renowned after a selfie with a park ranger went viral, died in the arms of her caretaker and “lifelong friend.” At the age of 14, Ndakasi, the beloved gorilla that had been cared for at Virunga National Park’s Senkwekwe Center in the Democratic Republic of Congo for…


Gorilla at Albuquerque Zoo Euthanized Because of Infection

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.—Albuquerque’s municipal zoo says a 48-year-old female gorilla has died after being stricken by a bacterial infection. ABQ BioPark Zoo officials say Huerfanita was euthanized Saturday once it became clear she wasn’t going to recover from a digestive tract infection after being treated with medications. The 48-year-old western lowland gorilla had the same type…


Video: Mom and Her Baby Son Get Surprise Visit From Gorilla Who Recently Gave Birth

Sitting with her baby son beside the gorilla enclosure at Boston’s Franklin Park Zoo, a young mom had an encounter she will never forget. Kiki, a female gorilla who had recently given birth, came over to sit beside her and her baby. Emotions ran high as the two moms bonded through the glass. It hadn’t…


Hand-Reared Baby Gorilla Gets Surrogate Mom After Birth Mother Struggles to Care For Him

An infant gorilla, hand-reared by keepers after his mother struggled to care for him, has been adopted by a surrogate mom. Western lowland gorilla Hasani was born at Bristol Zoo Gardens in western England in August 2020. Yet keepers quickly realized that his birth mother, Kala, couldn’t manage him. They designed a hand-rearing program, with six…


Premature Baby Gorilla Rejected by Mom Is Hand-Reared, Then Adopted by Her Own Great-Grandma

After being born six weeks prematurely, a baby gorilla was rejected by her mother. However, keepers at Howletts Wild Animal Park in Kent, England, stepped in, hand-rearing the infant, who weighed little more than a kilogram. Then, something miraculous happened—the infant, Yaoundé, was adopted by her own great-grandmother. Yaoundé was born in June 2019. In…