It seems that "girlhood" is just not limited to humans. It can also be found in gorillas. A new study indicates that female gorillas, while selecting groups they want to be part of, prioritize the ...

When female gorillas leave one social group and join another, they tend to seek out groups with other females that they've lived with in the past,... Study finds female mountain gorillas prefer to ...

New research from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology and the University of Turku reveals that female mountain gorillas, like humans and a handful of other mammals, can live long ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. New research reveals that while close bonds protect female ...

What do you do when you first walk into a party? Maybe you scan the room looking for friends. If you don’t see any, or if you see someone you’d rather avoid, you might just sneak out and head to ...

Over 50 years ago, the idea that males had universal social power over females across all mammalian species was challenged by the discovery that females had power over males in spotted hyenas and some ...

A 13-year-old gorilla named Kiyomasa goes viral after being caught on video in deep thought following a tiff with a female gorilla at a Japanese zoo.

A 21-year study of 164 wild mountain gorillas found that strong social bonds produce different health effects for males and females, with males experiencing more illness but fewer injuries when they ...

Meet Girl and Gorilla. They have been together for as long as they can remember. Ever since they were born into a world of patriarchal gaze. Girl is shaved. Gorilla is hairy. This is a problem. One ...

If you're taking a new job, or moving to a new town, it can often help if you have at least one friend who's already there — someone to introduce you around and show you the ropes. This is true for ...