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Earth Day in the DRC
Protecting the biodiversity of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is a global responsibility. You probably know the Fossey ...
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Your Questions Answered
Question 1 Tara Stoinski PhD, our President & CEO/Chief Scientific Office is answering a question from Shelby, “My career goal ...
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Nzeli Returns
Despite the crisis raging across the globe, gorilla life continues, as does the daily work of our field staff… In ...
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Grauer’s Gorillas
Fact 1: Grauer’s gorillas are endemic to the Democratic Republic of Congo. Unlike mountain gorillas, which are found in three ...
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Fun Things To Do During Self-Isolation
1. Visit our Learning and Fun page! We know that many of us are spending lots of quality family time ...
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Gorillas adjusting to silverback death
When silverback gorilla group leader Mafunzo died in April, Fossey Fund staff were concerned, because he was the only silverback ...
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Celebrating gorillas on World Environmental Day
All types of conservation action can help save gorillas, so the Fossey Fund works with people to help raise awareness ...
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Students address gorilla conservation through debate
Since one of our main goals at the Fossey Fund is to help students learn about conservation, we have many ...
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Growing mushrooms can help people and gorillas
We know that for conservation to be successful it must also address the needs of the human communities that share ...
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Celebrating the life of silverback gorilla Mafunzo
Silverback gorilla Mafunzo was strong but loving. With just over 1,000 mountain gorillas remaining, every individual is critical to their ...
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Mother’s Day
Fact 1: Gorillas are super-moms! Like other primates, gorilla mothers have very strong bonds with their infants and provide complete ...
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Violent Encounters Between Gorillas Slow Population Growth Rate
November 4, 2020 (ATLANTA) – As wildlife populations decline around the globe, understanding the natural and human-induced factors that influence ...
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Fossey Fund Expands Protection Work With Support from IUCN
When the COVID-19 pandemic first began to spread in March, the Fossey Fund’s protection work in and around Rwanda’s Volcanoes ...
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Campus News Update – October 21, 2020
Our CEO and Chief Scientific Officer Dr. Tara Stoinski has just returned from a whirlwind trip to Rwanda, where she ...
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On World Teachers’ Day, Celebrating Our Partners in Conservation Education
World Teachers’ Day falls on October 5; this year’s theme is “Teachers: leading in crisis, reimagining the future.” Many of ...
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Gorillas on the Line…. Will you answer the call?
September 24 is World Gorilla Day, which recognizes not just the majesty of gorillas, with whom we share more than ...
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Why Gorillas Matter- Save Gorillas. Save the Planet.
Felix Ndagijimana in the field Seeing these magnificent creatures up close is an experience like no other, and I never ...
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The mountain gorilla groups: A peek from the inside – Musilikale’s group
This is the second in a series of articles, presented by the Fossey Fund’s Gorilla Program Senior Advisor Veronica Vecellio, ...
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The mountain gorilla groups: A peek from the inside — Mutobo’s group
This is the first in a series of articles, presented by the Fossey Fund’s Gorilla Program Senior Advisor Veronica Vecellio, ...
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Saving gorillas and helping people in Congo
Our Rwanda-based communication assistant Cedric Ujeneza just traveled to our remote field site in the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...
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Remembering the great gorilla silverback Cantsbee
November 14 marks what would have been the 44th birthday of legendary mountain gorilla Cantsbee, the record-breaking silverback who was ...
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Press Release: New study shows mountain gorilla population growth related to group density and female movements
New research from the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund, just published in the journal Animal Conservation, analyses more than 50 years ...
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Students grow trees near gorilla habitat in Rwanda
In the Fossey Fund’s work with student nature clubs in schools near Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park, we have found that ...
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Thanksgiving Coffee Helps Save Mountain Gorillas
Poverty is the greatest threat to mountain gorillas, and a major focus of the Dian Fossey Fund International’s work in Rwanda is helping people fight ...
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Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund Provides Safe Haven for Six Grauer’s Gorillas
ATLANTA (GA) – When the helicopter touched down at the Gorilla Rehabilitation and Conservation Education Center (GRACE) on Sunday afternoon, July 24, for the sixth ...
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A Facebook Game That’s Actually Good for Something: MyConservationPark Links Virtual Parks to Those in the Real World
Fort Lauderdale, Florida and Atlanta, Georgia (July 15, 2011) – Good World Games and The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International are excited to announce their ...
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“Survivor” Final 3-er Phillip Sheppard Raising Funds to Help Gorillas Survive
“The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International is delighted to learn that Phillip Sheppard of Santa Monica, California, a Final 3 contestant on CBS’ ‘Survivor: Redemption ...
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New Orphan Gorilla Lubutu Recuperating in Goma
April 3, 2011 New Orphan Gorilla Lubutu Recuperating in Goma Half an hour before nightfall on Friday evening, the doors of the wooden cage opened ...
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Rescued Gorillas on Way to GRACE
GRACE GETS READY FOR SIX MORE RESCUED GORILLAS Preparations are well underway to receive a second group of rescued Grauer’s gorillas at the Dian Fossey ...
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