Here's something you don't get to see every day - it's a huge silverback gorilla beating on his chest while a photographer watches, and if you ask me, the distance between them is too close for ...

The closest most people will come to see a gorilla beating its chest is while playing Mario Kart or watching King Kong movies. But the sound in real life is markedly different, as evidenced by a viral ...

Some behaviors are instinctive and others have to be learned. This is as true for people as it is for the other members of the animal kingdom. Perhaps you, like me, may have thought until this moment ...

FORT WORTH, Texas (WKRC) - Two zookeepers in Texas accidentally became trapped with an adult gorilla. A viral video captured the terrifying moments. One of the workers at the Fort Worth Zoo can be ...

Because chest-beat peak frequency syncs up with body size—which is itself linked to dominance and reproductive success—female gorillas have plenty of reasons to listen in on the displays, too.

Since King Kong first appeared on the silver screen in 1933, the fictional giant ape has exposed audiences all over the world to a very real gorilla behavior—chest-beating. But it may surprise you to ...