Happy birthday Poppy: Oldest gorilla monitored by Fossey Fund
Mountain gorilla Poppy – who turns 42 years old on April 1 – is not only the oldest gorilla...
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Update on infant gorilla named for Dian Fossey
In honor of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Karisoke Research Center by Dian Fossey, the Dian Fossey...
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Ellen DeGeneres, wife make extraordinary gift to help build Fossey Fund a permanent home in Rwanda
Television superstar Ellen DeGeneres has received a stunning 60th birthday surprise from her wife, actress Portia de Rossi –...
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Digit and Dian Fossey’s Historic Gorillas
The National Geographic Channel three-part series “Dian Fossey: Secrets in the Mist,” airing in December, covers many aspects of...
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New gorilla group forms as historic group evolves
Following the disappearance of elderly silverback leader Cantsbee earlier this year, and whose death was confirmed in mid May,...
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Remembrances of silverback Cantsbee
Legendary mountain gorilla silverback Cantsbee disappeared from his group in late February after showing signs of weakness. Despite massive...
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Gorilla Cantsbee mystery appears solved
It appears that the fate of the elderly mountain gorilla Cantsbee may now have been solved. The legendary silverback...
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Cantsbee still missing, another silverback ill
The big daily search for elderly mountain gorilla silverback Cantsbee has still not uncovered any evidence of him, so...
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Cantsbee, last of Dian Fossey’s silverbacks, now presumed dead
He was named “Cantsbee” by Dian Fossey upon his birth in 1978, since she believed his mother to be...
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Legendary Silverback Cantsbee Missing
On Monday, Oct. 10, Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund trackers reported that silverback Cantsbee was not in his group when...
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Silverback Cantsbee: Two Decades of Leadership
November 12, 2014 Silverback Cantsbee: Two Decades of Leadership Pablo’s group of mountain gorillas, which the Dian Fossey Gorilla...
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Silverback Cantsbee Reaches Age 35
November 14, 2013 Silverback Cantsbee Reaches Historic Age of 35 The legendary and historic mountain gorilla silverback Cantsbee reached...
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Musilikale Challenges Cantsbee
Jan. 18, 2012 Younger Silverback Musilikale Challenges Patriarch Cantsbee Cantsbee, the dominant silverback in Pablo’s group, at age 34...
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Silverback Cantsbee Reaches 34th Birthday
Cantsbee, dominant silverback in Pablo’s group and one of just a few gorillas still alive who were named by...
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Silverback Cantsbee Reaches 34th Birthday
November 15, 2012 Silverback Cantsbee Reaches 34th Birthday Cantsbee, the dominant silverback of Pablo’s group, turned 34 years old...
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