Do gorillas grieve?
Fossey Fund scientists in Rwanda and Congo have been observing how gorillas react to the death of one of...
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Women are gorilla trackers too!
The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund has a large team of trackers, anti-poachers and scientists protecting and studying the mountain...
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Gorilla females are key to male success!
After studying mountain gorillas for 52 years, Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund scientists know that gorilla females usually move –...
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Gorilla Journal Newsletter March 2019
(Click on the image to download the gorilla journal.)
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Gorilla mothers: No need for help, thank you
Gorilla mothers have very strong bonds with their infants, and provide complete care for them during their first few...
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Episode Two: Male hierarchy and a gorilla group’s success
This is the second in a series of articles chronicling the lives of the gorillas in a legendary mountain...
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Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund breaks ground on a new campus for gorilla conservation, in partnership with the Ellen Fund
The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund is the world’s longest-running and largest organization dedicated solely to gorilla conservation, and has...
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Identifying individual golden monkeys in gorilla habitat
The Fossey Fund’s gorilla trackers know every individual gorilla that we track in Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park every day....
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Celebrating first scientific publication by Fossey Fund Rwandan college student
Each year, the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund hosts undergraduates from the University of Rwanda at our Karisoke Research Center,...
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Ellen DeGeneres and Dian Fossey birthdays, gorillas and more!
This month we’re not only commemorating the birth of Dian Fossey on Jan. 16, 1932, we’re celebrating the birthdays...
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Gorilla heroes: Tracker Fundi – Protecting gorillas for over 25 years!
The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund has nearly 70 mountain gorilla trackers in Rwanda, as well as anti-poachers, research assistants,...
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Mountain gorilla: From tragedy to fragile success
New status proves value of long-term protection and international efforts. Forty years ago, Dian Fossey and the world were...
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Adopt a gorilla!
Just like our gorilla protection teams, you can help save gorillas every single day. Symbolic gorilla adoptions have a meaningful and immediate impact in the lives of the planet’s last wild gorillas and make great gifts! You can ensure gorillas are protected all day, every day by adopting a new family member today!