On April 15, an unexpected event occurred with silverback gorilla Inshuti, one of the long-time solitary males monitored throughout his life by Dian Fossey Gorilla
With an amazing five silverbacks, the dynamics between the males in the Kwitonda group are always exciting. One of the mountain gorilla groups that the
By Sigourney Weaver, Fossey Fund Honorary Chair and Dr. Tara Stoinski, Fossey Fund President and CEO/Chief Scientific Officer This year we celebrated the 40th anniversary
Since 2005, September has been the month that Rwandans and all of us here at the Fossey Fund celebrate the birth of the mountain gorillas
Early this year, young mountain gorilla Urusobe became an orphan after the death of her mother, Ndamunbanzi. She will turn 3 years old in August
By Veronica Vecellio, gorilla program senior advisor The newest mountain gorilla group monitored by the Fossey Fund has just reached its one-year anniversary and we
By Veronica Vecellio, Fossey Fund gorilla program senior advisor Mountain gorilla Mukecuru, one of the oldest mountain gorillas we’ve ever observed, is now presumed to
Most species, from baboons to humans to horses, commonly experience hardships in later life if they have suffered serious adversity at a young age. But
Promoting gender equity is an integral part of the Fossey Fund’s work. And so we are excited that four women have recently joined our tracker
By Cedric Ujeneza, communication assistant, Rwanda Although gorillas have been portrayed as ferocious animals, the truth is that they are quite peaceful, live in loving
