Acclaimed actor Patrick Stewart narrates this three-part series focusing on the world's last mountain gorillas on the border of Rwanda and Uganda.
A gallery of images from the series Mountain Gorilla.
Patrick Stewart narrates this three-part series about the world's last mountain gorillas.
The discovery of a new powerfully built ape fuelled stories of savage beasts.
The largest of the primates, gorillas aren't as savage as they were once thought to be.
Dian Fossey was a prominent American primatologist studying mountain gorillas in Rwanda.
View images of Sir David Attenborough as he presents Gorilla Revisted.
Everyone has a soft spot for the iconic orang-utan, the king of the swingers.
Orangutans can put their arms around your neck while you're filming.
Zoologist and TV presenter Charlotte Uhlenbroek does a rendition of a pant hoot.
Charlotte Uhlenbroek talks about Freud the chimp.