A Gorilla S Nest

Kids might think it's amusing to hear that gorillas sleep in the same type of home as a bird, yet that's exactly what gorillas do: they make nests in trees or on the ground out of available vegetation. Unlike birds, though, most gorillas make a new nest every night. This book illustrates this fascinating and surprising behavior for young readers.

"A book for children about how gorillas make their nests."--

Describes the physical characteristics, behavior, and life cycle of mountain gorillas.

The first new primatology text available in over a decade—24 chapters combine the latest in-depth findings on ecology, behavior, and conservation from top primatologists

This work chronicles George B. Schaller's two years of travel and observation of gorillas in Central Africa in the late 1950s, high in the Virunga volcanoes on the Congo-Rwanda-Uganda border.

This volume identifies the primary problems faced in conserving wild populations of gorillas throughout Africa, pinpointing new approaches to solving these problems and outlining the increased role that zoos can play in gorilla conservation. It includes the in-depth expertise of field scientists in a variety of disciplines to discuss current conservation threats, novel approaches to conservation, and potential solutions.

Presents thirteen years of field research on the endangered mountain gorilla of the African rain forest.