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February 21, 2020

Fact 1: Dian loved animals from an early age Dian’s love of animals began when she acquired her first...

July 29, 2019

Trackers and rangers are the heroes of gorilla conservation, navigating through dense and remote forests every day to find...

July 17, 2019

Fact 1: Karisoke was not Dian Fossey’s first research site. Dian Fossey first began her gorilla observations in 1966...

May 28, 2019

The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund is sad to announce that Poppy, the last living gorilla featured by famed primatologist...

December 22, 2017

In her final journal, Dian Fossey wrote these words: “When you realize the value of all life you dwell...

December 4, 2017

The three-part television series “Dian Fossey: Secrets in the Mist” premieres on the National Geographic Channel on Dec. 6,...

November 15, 2017

National Geographic has played an important role in the work of Dian Fossey since she began studying the mountain...

November 15, 2017

The National Geographic Channel three-part series “Dian Fossey: Secrets in the Mist,” airing in December, covers many aspects of...

September 14, 2017

Dian Fossey founded the Karisoke Research Center in Rwanda in September 1967 to study the rare mountain gorillas. From...

June 7, 2017

Can we study gorilla personality? How do we know when gorillas are stressed out? Do gorillas have culture? How...

January 23, 2017

The work of legendary gorilla scientist Dian Fossey will be brought back to life in a new three-part documentary...

September 24, 2016

Today, the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund celebrates the 49th anniversary of the founding of our Karisoke Research Center, by...