Happy birthday Poppy: Oldest gorilla monitored by Fossey Fund
Mountain gorilla Poppy – who turns 42 years old on April 1 – is not only the oldest gorilla...
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Update on infant gorilla named for Dian Fossey
In honor of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Karisoke Research Center by Dian Fossey, the Dian Fossey...
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Ellen DeGeneres, wife make extraordinary gift to help build Fossey Fund a permanent home in Rwanda
Television superstar Ellen DeGeneres has received a stunning 60th birthday surprise from her wife, actress Portia de Rossi –...
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Our Congolese leaders: Transforming communities through conservation
Our groundbreaking work to save critically endangered Grauer’s gorillas in Congo’s unprotected forests is carried out by some very...
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Studying Grauer’s gorilla behaviors
Grauer’s gorillas, located only in the Democratic Republic of Congo, are among the world’s most-endangered primates and have suffered...
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Fossey Fund locates more Grauer’s gorillas in Congo’s Maiko Park
Results of a recent wildlife survey led by the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund in the Democratic Republic of Congo...
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Fossey Fund increases efforts to protect Grauer’s gorillas in Congo
With the participation of Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund scientists and data, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature...
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Observing Grauer’s gorillas in Congo
Opportunities to closely observe endangered Grauer’s gorillas (found only in the Democratic Republic of Congo) are limited, because there...
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Fossey Fund helps rescue chimp in eastern Congo
One of the main challenges in ape conservation in many parts of Africa, and particularly where the Fossey Fund...
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