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Like Us, Female Gorillas
Lean on Old Friends

NEW STUDY

Aug 7, 2025 8:11 AM CDT

Like Us, Female Gorillas Lean on Old Friends

Existing same-sex bonds help females adjust to new social groups, research suggests

(Newser) - Female mountain gorillas in Rwanda appear to use a strategy familiar to many humans when entering new social situations: they seek out familiar faces. A new study, published Wednesday in Proceedings of the Royal Society B , tracked 56 female gorillas over two decades and found they tended to join...

Mountain Gorillas
of Rwanda Now
Draw Big Bucks

Jul 24, 2022 12:10 PM CDT

Mountain Gorillas of Rwanda Now Draw Big Bucks

From tourists who can afford $1.5K to spend an hour near them

(Newser) - The "gorillas in the mist" as Dian Fossey famously called them are doing far better now than when the world was introduced to them. CBS News checks in on the mountain gorillas of Rwanda, which numbered 254 when Fossey arrived in the country in 1967. There are now more...

Redditors Who
Bought GameStop
Pick Next Investment

Mar 16, 2021 2:46 PM CDT

Redditors Who Bought GameStop Pick Next Investment

It's gorillas, for a reason

(Newser) - The WallStreetBets Reddit group has landed on its next investment: gorillas. Yes, really. The redditors who sent shares of GameStop (GME) soaring in January go by the nickname "apes," and on Saturday, one of those apes posted the following: "Adopted a gorilla." He did so in...

The 'Gorillas in the Mist'
May Be No More

May 29, 2019 1:32 PM CDT

The 'Gorillas in the Mist' May Be No More

Last of the gorillas observed by Dian Fossey believed dead

(Newser) - The last of the original "gorillas in the mist," a troupe observed by primatologist Dian Fossey before her death in Rwanda more than 30 years ago, is believed to have died. Though the mountain gorilla population numbered 600 in 2016, up from some 240 in 1967, per CNN...

Brit Gorilla Expert Murdered

Jul 1, 2010 5:40 AM CDT

Brit Gorilla Expert Murdered

Ymke Warren's throat slit with machete

(Newser) - A British gorilla expert died after her throat was slit while she was bound and gagged in her Cameroon home. Ymke Warren, 40, was apparently attacked by a man armed with a machete hiding in her attic. It's not certain if the killing occurred during a robbery or if she...