Happy Birthday to Gladys the baby gorilla! She turns one today and to mark the big day, she got a pretty pink birthday cake. » 1/29/14 10:30pm 1/29/14 10:30pm

Behold the majestic lowland ape. Marvel at his strength, his wildness. His complete inability to get along with ladies. » 9/24/13 7:20pm 9/24/13 7:20pm

Here's a video out of Israel's Ramat Gan safari park where two female gorillas — Anya and Lia — have both recently given birth to teeny-tiny cubs. You guuuuuuuuys, these babies are so clingy and wrinkly that I can hardly take it. And did you see the part where one of the moms pats her baby on the head? It's like… » 11/15/12 2:20pm 11/15/12 2:20pm

Hey, how about some slightly heartwarming news on this day of incomprehensible crap? After one of their companions was ensnared by a hunter's trap in Rwanda, it seems that young endangered gorillas are getting the last laugh. Or, uh, last terrifying jungle scream. Conservationists say a trio of juveniles in Rwanda has… » 7/20/12 1:20pm 7/20/12 1:20pm

Zookeepers regularly administer basically the same hormonal birth control to gorillas. Findings from a limited sample show this makes female gorillas a little randy while menstruating. The more you know! » 6/28/11 2:33pm 6/28/11 2:33pm

Lulu, who rose to fame in 1972 after delivering the Central Park Zoo's first baby gorilla, died of a seizure at her retirement habitat. The beloved gorilla had 10 children and several grandchildren, and at 46, she was relatively old. » 1/26/11 9:52am 1/26/11 9:52am

[London, October 27: First-time mother Mjukuu with her newborn baby boy, the first gorilla born in the London Zoo in 20 years. The as-yet unnamed little guy will grow up to become a 350-pound silverback gorilla. Image via AP.] » 10/29/10 12:53pm 10/29/10 12:53pm

Five years ago, conservationist Damian Aspinall bonded with a male gorilla named Kwibi, who he soon after released into the wild. In this amazing video, Aspinall finds his former friend and they commence cuddling. Click through to watch. [BuzzFeed] » 5/14/10 2:30pm 5/14/10 2:30pm

• A math professor from the UK recently created the "fiancee formula," which supposedly predicts the best time for a man to propose. Although it was created for men, the Daily Mail says it could equally apply to women. • » 3/01/10 5:20pm 3/01/10 5:20pm

[Berlin, January 22. Image via Getty] » 1/23/10 11:15am 1/23/10 11:15am

• Maine officials announced today that opponents of the state legalizing gay marriage have gathered enough signatures to put the issue to a vote in November. Expect a heated battle in the next two months. • » 9/03/09 5:30pm 9/03/09 5:30pm

A Minnesota police officer is in trouble after security-camera footage showed him feeding pop-tarts to gorillas at the Como Zoo. Although they're not sure whether the gorillas, Schroeder, Gordy and Togo, actually ate them. [via BoingBoing] » 8/28/09 6:30pm 8/28/09 6:30pm

[Muenster, Germany; August 17. Images via Getty] » 8/19/09 3:50pm 8/19/09 3:50pm

• This amazing (and stylish) Australian "supergran" is 83 years old and is still working as a yoga instructor. She teaches up to 11 classes a week. • » 4/23/09 5:30pm 4/23/09 5:30pm

More evidence that captivity might mess up animals: 30% of zoos in one survey said their gorillas killed and ate local wildlife, even though wild gorillas seem to subsist on plants and bugs. [Economist] » 3/27/09 6:20pm 3/27/09 6:20pm

• OMG: A young English woman suffers from a rare condition that causes her to faint whenever she eats a sandwich or drinks "fizzy" beverages. That's our entire diet! • » 12/19/08 5:20pm 12/19/08 5:20pm