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May 17, 2018

“A life changing experience!” This is what most tourists say after they visit the mountain gorillas in Rwanda, and...

April 13, 2018

Bamboo shoots are a favorite food of the mountain gorillas we monitor in Rwanda, and they are produced during...

March 29, 2018

Conservation is important but it’s also complicated! That was the main point of contention in the Fossey Fund’s latest...

September 28, 2017

On the morning of Sept. 27, Dian Fossey Gorillas Fund trackers found 24-year-old silverback leader Vuba in critical condition...

August 25, 2017

Naming infant mountain gorillas has become an important annual nationwide tradition in Rwanda since 2004. The naming ceremony, called...

May 10, 2017

A message from Dr. Tara Stoinski, president and CEO/chief scientist, the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund As a conservationist and...

December 9, 2016

A group of students in Bisate village, located in Rwanda near the mountains that are home to the mountain...

November 2, 2016

The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund announced today that its gorilla trackers based at the Karisoke Research Center in Rwanda...

October 5, 2016

Harriet Damesek of Ormond Beach, Florida recently spent two days trekking to visit the mountain gorillas in Volcanoes National...

September 24, 2016

Today, the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund celebrates the 49th anniversary of the founding of our Karisoke Research Center, by...

August 6, 2016

Fossey Fund staff are extremely saddened to report that one of the young mountain gorilla twins born to mother...

August 3, 2016

They can’t walk yet, but the mountain gorilla twins born this January in Rwanda are now able to stand...