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August 8, 2017

Young gorilla faces many challenges

Three-year-old mountain gorilla Masunzu has faced quite a few hurdles in his young life so far, yet his journey...

July 12, 2017

Female mountain gorilla Rugira gave birth to her first infant on June 21, helping to solidify the success of...

July 10, 2017

On the way to Rwanda for his first trip to see the mountain gorillas, board member emeritus Glenn L....

June 26, 2017

A message from Dr. Tara Stoinski, president and CEO/chief scientist, the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund We’ve heard so much...

June 16, 2017

Silverback Giraneza died on May 12, 2017, after an interesting, challenging and rather aggressive life. He was born in...

June 14, 2017

Following the disappearance of elderly silverback leader Cantsbee earlier this year, and whose death was confirmed in mid May,...

June 7, 2017

Protecting gorillas every day is an enormous effort that takes teams of dedicated trackers, anti-poachers, researchers and other personnel....

June 7, 2017

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

May 18, 2017

Legendary mountain gorilla silverback Cantsbee disappeared from his group in late February after showing signs of weakness. Despite massive...

May 16, 2017

It appears that the fate of the elderly mountain gorilla Cantsbee may now have been solved. The legendary silverback...

May 10, 2017

A message from Dr. Tara Stoinski, president and CEO/chief scientist, the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund As a conservationist and...

May 8, 2017

The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund staff are concerned about an unusual situation in one of the mountain gorilla groups...