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January 16, 2024

Who is that silverback? A surprise gorilla group change

Last November, while Fossey Fund gorilla staff were doing routine monitoring and protection of a mountain gorilla family led...
Dian Fossey and Digit
January 16, 2024

Gorilla protection hero: Dian Fossey’s legacy

January 16 would have marked the 92nd birthday of our founder, Dr. Dian Fossey. During her life, the mountain...
December 28, 2023

Gorillas go wild for bamboo

It may be holiday season for humans, but mountain gorillas find this time of year important too, buzzing with...
January 16, 2024

Who is that silverback? A surprise gorilla group change

Last November, while Fossey Fund gorilla staff were doing routine monitoring and protection of a mountain gorilla family led...
Dian Fossey and Digit
January 16, 2024

Gorilla protection hero: Dian Fossey’s legacy

January 16 would have marked the 92nd birthday of our founder, Dr. Dian Fossey. During her life, the mountain...
December 28, 2023

Gorillas go wild for bamboo

It may be holiday season for humans, but mountain gorillas find this time of year important too, buzzing with...

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How do gorillas avoid inbreeding?

Gorillas live in close-knit groups, which provide them with strong and stable social relationships that benefit all their members. However, ...
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Silverback gorilla shows surprising moves

This article is part of a series presented by the Fossey Fund’s gorilla program Senior Advisor Veronica Vecellio, focusing on ...
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Gorilla Behavior

Impressive silverback carries on gorilla group leadership

This article is part of a series presented by the Fossey Fund’s gorilla program Senior Advisor Veronica Vecellio, focusing on ...
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Infant gorilla naming 2023 – Kwita Izina

Since 2005, September has been the month that Rwandans and all of us here at the Fossey Fund celebrate the ...
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Silverbacks to the rescue: the adoption of infant Urusobe

Early this year, young mountain gorilla Urusobe became an orphan after the death of her mother, Ndamunbanzi. She will turn ...
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Historic gorilla group faces silverback drama

By Veronica Vecellio, Gorilla Program Senior Advisor This piece is part of a series of articles presented by the Fossey ...
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Monitoring animals and plants near gorilla forest

Gorillas live in complex habitats that include many other important species, and the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund has been actively ...
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Hello neighbors! Two gorilla families meet regularly

Two of the gorilla families that the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund monitors and protects every day are engaged in some ...
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Girls in Conservation: New education program helps community near gorilla forest

The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund believes that conservation works best when it is a community effort. Yet many people who ...
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How do gorillas avoid inbreeding?

Gorillas live in close-knit groups, which provide them with strong and stable social relationships that benefit all their members. However, ...
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Rwandan students debate: Women should take a lead in conservation!

Our Ellen DeGeneres Campus was the host for this year’s conservation debate among students from schools near Volcanoes National Park ...
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Women leading the way: Female trackers pursue conservation goals

Claudine Niyigena and Jacqueline Ntakirutimana are among the four women who have recently joined the Fossey Fund’s tracker teams in ...
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Fossey intern studies important tree in gorilla forest

Fossey Fund intern Emile Mugabo recently started a study on the distribution and regeneration of the Prunus africana tree, also ...
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Golden monkey conservation action plan published

The future for endangered golden monkeys is looking brighter, now that a conservation action plan spearheaded by the Dian Fossey ...
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Addressing health needs helps gorilla conservation

The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund’s work protecting critically endangered Grauer’s gorillas in the Democratic Republic of the Congo takes place ...
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Gorilla Behavior

The mountain gorilla groups: A peek from the inside – Ntambara group

This is the fourth in a series of articles presented by the Fossey Fund’s Gorilla Program Senior Advisor Veronica Vecellio, ...
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Gorillas go wild for bamboo

It may be holiday season for humans, but mountain gorillas find this time of year important too, buzzing with energy ...
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Why gorillas STILL Matter – to us and the world: Remembering Dian Fossey

By Sigourney Weaver, Fossey Fund Honorary Chair and Dr. Tara Stoinski, Fossey Fund President and CEO/Chief Scientific Officer This year ...
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Conservation

Celebrating “Monkey Day” – and a baby bonanza for endangered golden monkeys

At the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund, we are dedicated to protecting gorillas and their habitat, but our direct conservation efforts ...
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Biodiversity

Monitoring animals and plants near gorilla forest

Gorillas live in complex habitats that include many other important species, and the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund has been actively ...
Read More
Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund

Hello neighbors! Two gorilla families meet regularly

Two of the gorilla families that the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund monitors and protects every day are engaged in some ...
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Students outside cheering Conservation

Girls in Conservation: New education program helps community near gorilla forest

The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund believes that conservation works best when it is a community effort. Yet many people who ...
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Gorilla Behavior

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

The chest beats given by adult male gorillas reliably indicate their body size, a paper published in Scientific Reports found.  The gorilla chest beat is ...
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Statement from the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund

It’s been a wild ride for those of us who love gorillas. Last week the Reddit investor group WallStreetBets started a viral, grassroots campaign to ...
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Conservation

Celebrating gorillas in Atlanta

Celebrating gorillas in Atlanta, really? Yes, really. Today, Atlanta city councilperson Carla Smith proclaimed December 4th as Gorilla Appreciation Day in the city of Atlanta ...
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Award-Winning Songwriter Diane Warren Donates Her Song “FREE” from THE ONE AND ONLY IVAN to the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund’s Giving Tuesday Fundraising Campaign

Diane Warren will match funds raised for campaign up to $20,000 ATLANTA, Nov. 23, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund is collaborating with multi award-winning songwriter ...
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Conservation

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 their growth is critical for ...
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