Over his 50 years as resident silverback at the zoo, the majestic, 400-pound gorilla with dark, thoughtful eyes, refined a trademark routine that simultaneously startled and delighted visitors.

The Toronto Zoo says its 52-year-old western lowland silverback gorilla, Charles, died Tuesday after the sudden onset of "significant health issues." Charles had been a fixture at the zoo since ...

The Toronto Zoo says Charles, a 52-year-old silverback gorilla who had shown signs of deteriorating health, died on Tuesday. The zoo says Charles died from natural causes after staff noticed he ...

Charles, a beloved western lowland silverback gorilla and longtime mainstay at the Toronto Zoo has died Tuesday of natural causes following a period of “significant health issues,” the zoo announced ...

Overall, the mineralized porphyry is now the inferred source intrusion for the widespread copper, gold, and molybdenum mineralization first recognized at Silverback in surface samples along north ...

Follow filmmaker Vianet Djenguet as he documents a grueling but vital mission to habituate a notoriously protective 500-pound silverback, in a last-ditch effort to save the critically endangered ...

Cameraman Vianet Djenguet captures the face of the forest's 500-pound silverback. For the first time, cameraman Vianet Djenguet captures the face of the forest's 500-pound silverback. This large ...