Ebola hemorrhagic disease epidemics have brought about large-scale ape deaths since the early 1990s. More than 90 percent of the 600 gorillas detected as having the virus died probably due to the ...

Last year the Gorilla Doctors took on an additional role: first responders. In the supply room of their lab in Goma, Kambale opens a box of crinkly hazmat suits. The first cases of Ebola appeared ...

Kambera, a Western lowland gorilla at the zoo ... of the total population found in protected areas affected by the Ebola virus in the last 15 years,” the Smithsonian said.