Dian Fossey was a zoologist who spent decades studying the elusive mountain gorillas of Congo and Rwanda before she was ...

On World Gorilla Day 2024, a new report outlines how 30 years of sustained effort and partnership contributed to the recovery of the only great ape in the world not in steep decline. Since 1991, the ...

Conservationist and veterinarian Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka has been on a decades-long mission to save critically endangered mountain gorillas in Uganda. As CNN reported, she fell in love with the ...

Filmmaker Vianet Djenguet documents the dangerous but vital process of habituating a notoriously protective 500-pound silverback. Habituation is a last-ditch effort to save the critically endangered ...

In the impossibly abundant rainforests of central Africa, one of the world’s great travel experiences awaits. Mountain gorillas live in only three countries—Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo and ...

Impact on Gorilla Preservation When Dian Fossey started her work in September 1967, the mountain gorilla population was ...

News of a sick or injured mountain gorilla can worry local residents in this mountainous area that’s home to the endangered species. That’s partly because most of the gorillas have been given names, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. New research reveals that while close bonds protect female ...

A census of mountain gorillas in Central Africa's Virunga mountains has recorded an impressive 17 per cent increase in the population of this highly endangered great ape. Nairobi, Kenya - A census of ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The most extensive genetic analysis of mountain gorillas ever conducted has found the critically endangered apes burdened with severe inbreeding and at risk of extinction but ...

Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park is home to more than 480 critically endangered mountain gorillas. As part of an effort by the Rwanda Tourist Board to combine tourism and conservation, the park now ...

If you’re taking a new job, or moving to a new town, it can often help if you have at least one friend who’s already there — someone to introduce you around and show you the ropes. This is true for ...