Gorillas go green: Apes shed pounds while doubling calories on leafy diet, researcher finds

Sunday, February 20, 2011 - 21:30 in Biology & Nature

Gorillas in Cleveland Metroparks Zoo have dropped about 65 pounds after a year on a leafy green diet. The change is an effort to combat heart disease, the top killer of male gorillas in US zoos.

Read the whole article on Science Daily

More from Science Daily

Latest Science Newsletter

Get the latest and most popular science news articles of the week in your Inbox! It's free!

Check out our next project, Biology.Net