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Gwiza, Lone Silverback, Interacts with Shinda’s Group

August 1, 2010

August 2010 Gwiza, Lone Silverback, Interacts With Shinda Group Gwiza is a 22-year-old silverback, who broke away from Shinda’s group ...

Conservation

No Longer on the Margins

July 19, 2010

July 2010 No Longer on the Margins The historically marginalized people formerly known as the Batwa, who live on the ...

Gorilla Infants

Blackback Attacks Group Members

July 16, 2010

July 16, 2010 Blackback Attacks Group Members, Infant Dies In a very rare case of presumed infanticide within a gorilla ...

Dian Fossey Fund

Baobab Gorilla Trek to Benefit Fossey Fund

July 12, 2010

Baobab Partners with and Supports the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International and the Born Free Foundation KIGALI, RWANDA and NAIROBI, ...

Gorilla Behavior

Pablo’s Group Meets Lone Silverback

July 7, 2010

July 2010 Aggressive Interaction: Pablo’s Group Meets a Lone Silverback One of the major duties of our trackers and researchers ...

Conservation

Former Karisoke Researcher Mourned

July 2, 2010

June 30, 2010 Former Karisoke™ Staff Ymke Warren, Ph.D., Killed in Cameroon The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International has learned ...

Congo

New Gorilla Infant Rescued in Congo, Doing Well

October 12, 2011

October 12, 2011 New Gorilla Infant Rescued from Poachers in Congo Another infant gorilla has been confiscated from poachers in ...

Congo

New Mountain Gorilla Census Underway in Uganda

October 10, 2011

October 10, 2011 New Mountain Gorilla Census Underway in Uganda Three Karisoke™ Research Center field staff members are representing the ...

Anti-Poaching

Gorilla Ginseng Declining Despite Medical Attention

October 6, 2011

October 6, 2011 Gorilla Ginseng Declining Despite Medical Attention Bwenge's gorilla group has had a tough time of it lately, ...

Dian Fossey Fund

New Bisate Clinic Ward Opens

October 5, 2011

October 5, 2011 New Bisate Clinic Ward Opens The Fossey Fund is very pleased that the new men's ward at ...

Dian Fossey Fund

Medical Intervention for Ailing Female Ginseng

October 5, 2011

October 5, 2011 Medical Intervention for Ailing Female Ginseng Bwenge’s group has had a tough time of it lately, as ...

Anti-Poaching

Corning Glass Donates $25,000 to the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International

October 3, 2011

Funds to support ongoing research and preservation of the endangered species that inspired Corning’s industry-leading Gorilla® Glass technology. CORNING, N.Y. ...

Gorilla Behavior

Lone SIlverback Patrols and Tracking Surprises

May 1, 2005

May 2005 Lone Silverback Patrols and Tracking Surprises Trackers and scientists at DFGFI's Karisoke Research Center observed some rare events ...

Congo

Twenty Years Since Dian Fossey’s Death

January 1, 2005

January 2005 Twenty Years Since the Death of Founder Dian Fossey December 2005 will mark the 20th year since the ...

Congo

Fossey Fund Community Development Projects

October 1, 2004

October 2004 Fossey Fund Community Development Projects in Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International ...

Biodiversity

Fossey Staff Present Papers at International Primate Conference

September 1, 2004

September 2004Fossey Staff Present at Primate Conference  Many of our scientists and researchers gave presentations at the International Primatological Society ...

Conservation

Our Ecosystem Health and Community Programs

August 1, 2004

August 2004Our Ecosystem Health and Community Programs Although the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International is primarily a conservation organization, with ...

Anti-Poaching