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February 5, 2020

We first encountered Masumbuko Libeyo Acheteur in the heart of the Nkuba Conservation Area (NCA) in the Democratic Republic...

January 22, 2020

When the pipes that delivered water to their villages began to fail, 4,489 people from six villages in Bisate,...

December 16, 2019

Once on the brink of extinction, mountain gorillas continue to grow in number. Today, the Greater Virunga Transboundary Collaboration,...

August 9, 2019

Fact 1: Biodiversity is crucial in conserving any ecosystem to ensure natural sustainability. Biodiversity is a term that describes...

July 29, 2019

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

July 25, 2019

Fact 1: Individual donors like you make up the largest source of donations for the Fossey Fund. These donations...

July 11, 2019

Fact 1 Mountain gorillas live in the most extreme environment of any of the four gorilla subspecies. Mountain gorillas...

May 28, 2019

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

September 13, 2018

Mountain gorilla Poppy, who turned 42 years old in April, is the oldest gorilla monitored by the Fossey Fund...

June 6, 2018

The mountain gorilla census results just released not only showed an increase in their population to 604, up from...

June 5, 2018

We often receive inquiries from people wanting to know how they can help gorillas as well as other wildlife....

March 9, 2018

Since mountain gorillas are critically endangered and their numbers are small, it’s important to know just how many there...