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Gorilla Vocalizations

December 13, 2019

This week we are covering gorilla vocalizations! Have you ever heard a gorilla laugh? Check out the article to learn and hear more!

Conservation

Your Questions Answered—Part 5

December 6, 2019

This week we are answering your questions! How long does the habituation process take? Do gorillas cry? Read on to find out!

Conservation

Giving Tuesday: Become A Gorilla Game Changer

November 29, 2019

Celebrate Giving Tuesday with us, and learn how YOU can become a gorilla game changer!

Gorilla Behavior

Gorilla Play

November 22, 2019

This week we are talking about gorilla play! Did you know play is an important part of a young gorillas day?

5 Things Friday

Your Questions Answered–Part 4

November 1, 2019

This week we are answering your questions! Check out this article to find out what the daily life of a gorilla is like, plus more!

5 Things Friday

Halloween!

October 25, 2019

Check out our Halloween themed "5 Things Friday!" View this article to find a Dian Fossey costume idea as well as a printable data-sheet!

Biodiversity

Counting Birds to Save Gorillas: How Citizen Scientists Protect Gorilla Habitat

May 14, 2021

Gorillas will always be nearest to our hearts, of course, but every year on Global Big Day, we turn our ...

Congo

In the Footsteps of the Elusive Grauer’s Gorilla

May 5, 2021

Unlike their mountain gorilla cousins, only a few of the critically endangered Grauer’s gorillas of the Democratic Republic of the ...

Congo

Good News for Grauer’s Gorillas

April 22, 2021

Just in time for Earth Day, Congolese government moves to strengthen protections for this critically endangered great ape https://youtu.be/rmVnMJuvybY Conservationists ...

Gorilla Behavior

Gorillas don’t bluff when they chest beat: honest signaling indicates body size

April 8, 2021

The chest beats given by adult male gorillas reliably indicate their body size, a paper published in Scientific Reports found. ...

Gorilla Behavior

Motherless gorillas beat the odds. For both gorillas and humans, it takes a village to raise a child.

March 23, 2021

A study by the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund shows that gorilla families come together to support young gorillas that lose ...

5 Things Friday

Dian Fossey

February 21, 2020

Fact 1: Dian loved animals from an early age Dian’s love of animals began when she acquired her first pet, ...

5 Things Friday

Your Questions Answered

February 7, 2020

See which questions made the list this month! Question 1: Do gorillas use tools? Unlike chimpanzees, gorillas in the wild ...

Anti-Poaching

From Poacher to Healer

February 5, 2020

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

5 Things Friday

Great Apes

January 24, 2020

This week we’re covering the 5 different types of great apes! Great Ape 1: Gorilla (Gorilla sp.) Gorillas are closely ...

Conservation

Bringing Water to Bisate

January 22, 2020

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

5 Things Friday

Community Projects & Programs

January 17, 2020

This week we’re covering just a few of the Fossey Fund’s projects and programs that are focused on helping local ...

Congo

Beekeeping can help save gorillas

May 16, 2022

“Sweet” program supports families and protects habitat biodiversity Though undeniably tiny in comparison with a 400-pound silverback gorilla, bees are ...