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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, …
Battle of the sexes: is bigger better?
In the animal kingdom, bigger is often better. Larger individuals tend to be stronger than smaller ones, and their size …
Father’s Day
Fact 1: Silverbacks are more than just protectors! Silverbacks may have historically been thought of as just the protector, but …
Locomotion
Distance: Due to the abundance of food sources in undisturbed habitat, and gorillas’ willingness to eat many different types of …
Gorilla Communication
Just like in humans, gorilla communication can occur through a variety of methods—body postures, facial expressions, vocalizations. Communicating Dominance Gorillas …
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Good News for Grauer’s Gorillas
Just in time for Earth Day, Congolese government moves to strengthen protections for this critically endangered great ape Conservationists are …
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. …
Motherless gorillas beat the odds. For both gorillas and humans, it takes a village to raise a child.
A study by the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund shows that gorilla families come together to support young gorillas that lose …
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 …
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Good News for Grauer’s Gorillas
Just in time for Earth Day, Congolese government moves to strengthen protections for this critically endangered great ape Conservationists are …
Saving Water, Saving Gorillas
March 22 is World Water Day, an annual United Nations event started in 1993 to focus on the importance of …
Baby Boom: Naming the gorillas of 2020
2020 was a rough year for people across the globe. Here at the Fossey Fund, we changed our work protocols …
Welcoming 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 completed …
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 base …
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 Es”: …
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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 Conservationists are …
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. …
Motherless gorillas beat the odds. For both gorillas and humans, it takes a village to raise a child.
A study by the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund shows that gorilla families come together to support young gorillas that lose …
