is the world’s largest tropical jungle, home to jaguars, pink dolphins, and macaws. This national park is one of India’s best ...

I occupied a branch of another tree, slightly downhill from the gorilla who stared at me ... two of the eight volcanoes in the Virunga range. Camp, which consists of several sheet-metal cabins ...

Venture into Virunga National Park with Smithsonian writer Paul Raffaele as he examines the threats facing mountain gorillas in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Explore Subscribe Newsletters ...

A ring of suspected moutain gorilla traffickers operating in Virunga National Park were busted by local wildlife officials as they tried to sell the body of a female mountain gorilla. The crime brings ...

It’s not too late for us to protect our mighty mountain cousins. Mountain gorillas live in just two isolated groups – one in the Virunga volcanoes – spanning the borders of Rwanda, Uganda and the ...

Every month Kambale and Kabuyaya trek into the jungles of Virunga National Park in the volatile eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo to assess each gorilla’s health. They identify any ...

Mwandha says Uganda now has 50 percent of the total of surviving 1,100 individuals in the Virunga ... of mountain gorillas with a total of more than 170 porters that make the trekking easy for ...

The gorillas and park rangers seem to have a strong bond (Photo: Courtesy) As depicted in the Academy Award-nominated documentary 'Virunga', the gorillas are under constant threat both from ...

State minister for tourism Martin Mugurura (3rd R) joins partners and sponsors of the Virunga Gorilla Marathon during its official launch. Left is Ivan Kahangire, the Virunga marathon team leader.

Home to endangered species such as eastern lowland and mountain gorillas, as well as two UNESCO World Heritage Sites — Virunga and Kahuzi-Biega National Parks — the region is under increasing ...

Rwanda’s Virunga volcanoes have become the ... residents to head out on a strictly timed one-hour trek to meet a group of habituated gorillas. These are led by experts from the Uganda Wildlife ...