Dian Fossey
Fact 1: Dian loved animals from an early age Dian’s love of animals began when she acquired her first...
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Celebrating World Ranger Day with Fossey Fund gorilla trackers
Trackers and rangers are the heroes of gorilla conservation, navigating through dense and remote forests every day to find...
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5TF: 5 Things About The History of Karisoke & Dian Fossey!
Fact 1: Karisoke was not Dian Fossey’s first research site. Dian Fossey first began her gorilla observations in 1966...
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Remembering Poppy, last gorilla made famous by Dian Fossey
The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund is sad to announce that Poppy, the last living gorilla featured by famed primatologist...
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Dian Fossey’s legacy: “Preservation of the future”
In her final journal, Dian Fossey wrote these words: “When you realize the value of all life you dwell...
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Dian Fossey National Geographic Special: Behind the Scenes
The three-part television series “Dian Fossey: Secrets in the Mist” premieres on the National Geographic Channel on Dec. 6,...
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National Geographic Series Focuses on Dian Fossey’s Life, Murder, and Legacy
National Geographic has played an important role in the work of Dian Fossey since she began studying the mountain...
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Digit and Dian Fossey’s Historic Gorillas
The National Geographic Channel three-part series “Dian Fossey: Secrets in the Mist,” airing in December, covers many aspects of...
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National Geographic helps celebrate Dian Fossey’s 50th anniversary
Dian Fossey founded the Karisoke Research Center in Rwanda in September 1967 to study the rare mountain gorillas. From...
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Continuing Dian Fossey’s legacy: 50 years of gorilla science
Can we study gorilla personality? How do we know when gorillas are stressed out? Do gorillas have culture? How...
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Dian Fossey story in production for National Geographic, Sigourney Weaver to narrate
The work of legendary gorilla scientist Dian Fossey will be brought back to life in a new three-part documentary...
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Karisoke founded on this day, 49 years ago
Today, the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund celebrates the 49th anniversary of the founding of our Karisoke Research Center, by...
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