IUCN Red List: Four out of six great apes one step away from extinction

Monday, September 5, 2016 - 02:41 in Biology & Nature

The Eastern Gorilla - the largest living primate - has been listed as Critically Endangered due to illegal hunting, according to the latest update of The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species released today at the IUCN World Conservation Congress taking place in Hawaii.

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