Nature Clubs Plant More Than 35,000 Tree Seedlings
The Fossey Fund is best known for our work to bring wild gorillas back from the brink of extinction....
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Fossey Fund and Partners Join Forces to Support Rwanda’s Newest Scientists
When Rwandan Elie Sinayitutse decided to study biology, he probably wasn’t thinking much about poop. But as it turns...
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The Five “Es” of our Ellen Campus
Helping People. Saving Gorillas. The Fossey Fund’s entire mission is encapsulated in these four words, and when we began...
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Twelve years ago, when the Fossey Fund began working in the classrooms of Rwanda, we hoped to teach young...
Read MoreWelcoming new members to our DRC team.
We are pleased to welcome Frederik Van de Perre, Ph.D., and Constance Fastré, Ph.D., to our DRC team! Frederik...
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Fossey Fund Hosts Eight Secondary School Interns in Nkuba
This October, the Fossey Fund invited eight secondary students to join us for a month-long internship at our Nkuba...
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Campus News Update – December 16, 2020
We’ve gone vertical! After months of watching plans on paper become holes in the ground become foundations poured flat...
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More than a building: How our new Ellen Campus is giving women “a say in their own destiny”
As we work to build our new Ellen DeGeneres Campus, we are measuring the project’s impact through our “5...
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Celebrating gorillas in Atlanta
Celebrating gorillas in Atlanta, really? Yes, really. Today, Atlanta city councilperson Carla Smith proclaimed December 4th as Gorilla Appreciation...
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Building a Garden Out of Gorilla Poop
Not far from the village of Nkuba, in a remote area of the Democratic Republic of the Congo where...
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Campus News Update – November 18, 2020
Our Ellen Campus may not have opened yet, but that doesn’t mean we can’t start teaching people about conservation!...
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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...
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