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When female gorillas move into a new group, they find old friends

A long-term study of mountain gorillas finds that when female gorillas move into a new group, they pick one that contains buddies they’ve lived with before.

NPR’s Nell Greenfieldboyce reports.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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