There’s much ado about bamboo
Bamboo is a special plant for gorillas, golden monkeys, and people too! At the Fossey Fund, we have been studying...
Read MoreDian Fossey: A Conservation Pioneer
Dian Fossey’s work to study and protect the lives of the wild gorillas in Rwanda touched the hearts of people around the world. Her focus, courage and passion have inspired many conservationists who have followed since. And her legacy lives on today, in the gorilla protection, science, education and people programs of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund. Learn more about Dian Fossey
Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund breaks ground on a new campus for gorilla conservation
On Feb. 12, 2019 we broke ground on a new permanent home for all of our activities in Rwanda. Full construction on the Ellen DeGeneres Campus of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund, named in honor of a lead gift by American celebrities and conservationists Ellen DeGeneres and her wife Portia de Rossi, is planned to start this summer, with completion expected in 2021. Learn More
Gorilla Family Trees
Gorillas live in groups with many of their relatives. We track all births and matriarchal lines and use DNA testing to determine paternity because adult males can mate with numerous females. See the results on our gorilla family tree! Learn More
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Your donation is crucial to helping the Fossey Fund continue daily protection and study of critically endangered gorillas, as well as the community programs that support this work. Make a donation now
Meet Maurice: Conservation Education Coordinator
The Fossey Fund has an extensive education program in Rwanda where we work, reaching children and adults at all levels....
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Gorilla forest is complex web of biodiversity
The Grauer’s gorillas the Fossey Fund protects in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo live deep in primary forest, where our...
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Why do gorillas gather around their dead? Three case studies
It is now known that many animals exhibit unique behaviors around same-species corpses, ranging from removal of the bodies and...
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Women are gorilla trackers too!
The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund has a large team of trackers, anti-poachers and scientists protecting and studying the mountain gorillas...
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Gorilla females are key to male success!
After studying mountain gorillas for 52 years, Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund scientists know that gorilla females usually move – or...
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Gorilla Journal Newsletter March 2019
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Gorilla mothers: No need for help, thank you
Gorilla mothers have very strong bonds with their infants, and provide complete care for them during their first few years,...
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Episode Two: Male hierarchy and a gorilla group’s success
This is the second in a series of articles chronicling the lives of the gorillas in a legendary mountain gorilla...
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Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund breaks ground on a new campus for gorilla conservation, in partnership with the Ellen Fund
The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund is the world’s longest-running and largest organization dedicated solely to gorilla conservation, and has seen...
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Identifying individual golden monkeys in gorilla habitat
The Fossey Fund’s gorilla trackers know every individual gorilla that we track in Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park every day. This...
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Celebrating first scientific publication by Fossey Fund Rwandan college student
Each year, the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund hosts undergraduates from the University of Rwanda at our Karisoke Research Center, for...
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