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 and protect endangered gorillas. Â In Rwanda,
Trackers and rangers are the heroes of gorilla conservation, navigating through dense and remote forests every day to find and protect endangered gorillas. Â In Rwanda,
The Grauer’s gorillas the Fossey Fund protects in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo live deep in primary forest, where our trackers hike for days to
The Grauer’s gorillas the Fossey Fund protects in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo live deep in primary forest, where our trackers hike for days to
After studying mountain gorillas for 52 years, Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund scientists know that gorilla females usually move – or transfer – from one group
Gorilla mothers have very strong bonds with their infants, and provide complete care for them during their first few years, starting with carrying them everywhere
The Fossey Fund’s gorilla trackers know every individual gorilla that we track in Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park every day. This is something that takes time
New status proves value of long-term protection and international efforts. Forty years ago, Dian Fossey and the world were devastated when a family of mountain
The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund has studied golden monkeys in Rwanda for years, because they are a critical part of gorilla habitat, as well as
Mountain gorilla Poppy, who turned 42 years old in April, is the oldest gorilla monitored by the Fossey Fund and the last of the gorillas
After a week of conservation-related activities, Rwanda’s annual gorilla-naming ceremony culminated on Sept. 7, with the presentation of the names chosen for 21 gorillas born