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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.  ...
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Gorilla Behavior

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 ...
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Gorilla Infants

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 ...
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Congo

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 the ...
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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 ...
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Anti-Poaching

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 ...
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Rwandan university students arrive at our Ellen campus

The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund has been hosting students from the University of Rwanda since 2003, to facilitate their senior ...
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Gorilla Behavior

For mountain gorillas, brothers and sisters are important

Most species of primates have somewhat limited social relationships with their siblings. Often, this is because either males or females ...
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Anti-Poaching

Saving gorillas and helping people in Congo — Tracker Isoke

From hunter to gorilla protector ​ From hunter to gorilla protector ​ Our Rwanda-based communication assistant Cedric Ujeneza recently spent ...
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Conservation

The mountain gorilla groups: A peek from the inside – Musilikale’s group

This is the second in a series of articles, presented by the Fossey Fund’s Gorilla Program Senior Advisor Veronica Vecellio, ...
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Gorilla Protection

The mountain gorilla groups: A peek from the inside — Mutobo’s group

This is the first in a series of articles, presented by the Fossey Fund’s Gorilla Program Senior Advisor Veronica Vecellio, ...
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Congo

Saving gorillas and helping people in Congo

Our Rwanda-based communication assistant Cedric Ujeneza just traveled to our remote field site in the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...
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Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund

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 ...
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Congo

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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Congo

New Study Suggests There May be More Grauer’s Gorillas Than Previously Estimated

A study released this week updates the estimated number of Grauer’s gorillas remaining on the planet. The study, led by ...
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Gorilla Protection

Conservation Success Leads to New Challenges for Endangered Mountain Gorillas

Scientists from around the world, including at the Fossey Fund, participated in this species-wide survey of parasite infections across the ...
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Biodiversity

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 ...
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Biodiversity

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 ...
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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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Congo

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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Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund

Historic gorilla trackers: From father to son

Fossey Fund trackers play a critical role in the conservation of mountain gorillas, ensuring the well-being of these magnificent creatures ...
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Biodiversity

Beyond gorillas: Tracking other animals and plants in Congo

Our Rwanda-based communication assistant Cedric Ujeneza recently spent time at our remote field site in the Democratic Republic of the ...
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Press Releases

Conservation

Atlanta Gorilla Expert Takes Helm of Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International

Tara Stoinski, Ph.D., a leading primatologist and conservationist, has become president and CEO of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International as of Oct. 1, 2014. ...
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Biodiversity

Fossey Fund Statement on Virunga Park Chief Warden

The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund was dismayed to learn yesterday of an attack on Emmanuel de Merode, chief warden of Virunga Park in the Democratic ...
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Conservation

Sir David Attenborough Lends Voice to Charity Documentary

Wildlife broadcasting legend, Sir David Attenborough, has recorded the voiceover for a new documentary about the plight of mountain gorillas in Rwanda The short film, ...
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