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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 …
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 …
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 …
Kwita Izina 2020: 24 baby gorillas to get their names in this year’s virtual celebration
The Names Are In! This year’s virtual Kwita Izina, which was organized by the Rwanda Development Board, was a huge …
Rwanda’s Gorilla Naming Ceremony to be held virtually on World Gorilla Day
We are excited to learn that the Rwanda Development Board plans to hold its annual ceremony to name the new …
Friend or Foe?…Three Papers on Gorilla Interactions Published
Interactions between gorilla groups are endlessly fascinating. Interactions require considerable multi-tasking for males, as they have to protect their group, …
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Press Release: On World Gorilla Day, Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund announces Moon Gorillas, a new collaboration for carbon-neutral PERL NFTs
In celebration of World Gorilla Day on September 24, the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund is announcing plans to launch an …
Fossey Fund Increases Antipoaching Patrols, Renovates Field Camps, with Support from IUCN
Our trackers can be found traversing the rainforests of Volcanoes National Forest 365 days each year, monitoring gorilla families and …
On World Photography Day, we’re celebrating our newest photographers
If you’ve been following us for long, you know we have an amazing collection of photographs—not just of gorillas, but …
Two Weeks in the Forest: Congolese Students Join Us in Nkuba
Earlier this year, 10 Congolese university students joined us at our base in Nkuba to get first-hand experience in the …
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Counting Birds to Save Gorillas: How Citizen Scientists Protect Gorilla Habitat
Gorillas will always be nearest to our hearts, of course, but every year on Global Big Day, we turn our …
Endangered Species Day – Beyond Gorillas
This year Endangered Species Day falls on May 21, and we thought this would be a perfect day to talk …
In the Footsteps of the Elusive Grauer’s Gorilla
Unlike their mountain gorilla cousins, only a few of the critically endangered Grauer’s gorillas of the Democratic Republic of the …
The Making of a Green Campus
Five decades ago Dian Fossey set up camp in the forests of Rwanda and began the critical scientific research and …
Good News for Grauer’s Gorillas
Just in time for Earth Day, Congolese government moves to strengthen protections for this critically endangered great ape https://youtu.be/rmVnMJuvybY Conservationists …
Saving Water, Saving Gorillas
March 22 is World Water Day, an annual United Nations event started in 1993 to focus on the importance of …
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Fossey Fund staff attends the International Congress for Conservation Biology
Scientists gathered to discuss urgent global issues in conservation Last week, the 30th biannual International Congress for Conservation Biology (ICCB) …
To Conduct Gorilla Research and Protection, You Need to Stay Warm
Outfitting our gorilla trackers since 2013 Weather conditions in the rainforests where we work can be punishing. Our trackers spend …
Press Release – Social Distancing: Not Just for Humans
New study shows sick gorillas transmit illnesses to others nearby Coughs and colds spread quickly within wild mountain gorilla groups …
On World Gorilla Day, teaching children the importance of conservation
Every year on World Gorilla Day, we spend time with our youngest conservationists, and this year was no exception. In …
Press Release: On World Gorilla Day, Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund announces Moon Gorillas, a new collaboration for carbon-neutral PERL NFTs
In celebration of World Gorilla Day on September 24, the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund is announcing plans to launch an …
Fossey Fund Increases Antipoaching Patrols, Renovates Field Camps, with Support from IUCN
Our trackers can be found traversing the rainforests of Volcanoes National Forest 365 days each year, monitoring gorilla families and …