From Poacher to Healer
We first encountered Masumbuko Libeyo Acheteur in the heart of the Nkuba Conservation Area (NCA) in the Democratic Republic...
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Bringing Water to Bisate
When the pipes that delivered water to their villages began to fail, 4,489 people from six villages in Bisate,...
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Census of Mountain Gorilla Population Shows Numbers Continue to Rise
Once on the brink of extinction, mountain gorillas continue to grow in number. Today, the Greater Virunga Transboundary Collaboration,...
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5TF: 5 Things About Biodiversity In Rwanda & Congo
Fact 1: Biodiversity is crucial in conserving any ecosystem to ensure natural sustainability. Biodiversity is a term that describes...
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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 Ways Your Donations Impact Everything We Do Here At The Fossey Fund!
Fact 1: Individual donors like you make up the largest source of donations for the Fossey Fund. These donations...
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5TF: 5 Things You Didn’t Know About Mountain Gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei)!
Fact 1 Mountain gorillas live in the most extreme environment of any of the four gorilla subspecies. Mountain gorillas...
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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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Update on elderly mountain gorilla Poppy
Mountain gorilla Poppy, who turned 42 years old in April, is the oldest gorilla monitored by the Fossey Fund...
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Dispersed gorillas located through census genetic analysis
The mountain gorilla census results just released not only showed an increase in their population to 604, up from...
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5 Ways to help save gorillas (and other wildlife too)
We often receive inquiries from people wanting to know how they can help gorillas as well as other wildlife....
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Counting mountain gorillas in Bwindi Forest
Since mountain gorillas are critically endangered and their numbers are small, it’s important to know just how many there...
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Adopt a gorilla!
Just like our gorilla protection teams, you can help save gorillas every single day. Symbolic gorilla adoptions have a meaningful and immediate impact in the lives of the planet’s last wild gorillas and make great gifts! You can ensure gorillas are protected all day, every day by adopting a new family member today!