Silverbacks have shown signs of advanced intelligence, including the use of tools. They’ve been seen testing water depth with ...

Threatened by armed conflict, volcanic activity and rampant deforestation, Africa's oldest national park is turning to a new product to raise its profile and boost conservation efforts: chocolate ...

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 ...

The intensifying security crisis in parts of the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) over the years is undermining ...

Conservationists and officials work with residents to enhance mountain gorilla survival. Neil Ever Osborne In Virunga National Park, a 23-member group, Kabirizi, named for the lead silverback ...

Threatened by armed conflict, volcanic activity and rampant deforestation, Africa's oldest national park is turning to a new product to raise its profile and boost conservation efforts: chocolate ...

The critically endangered mountain gorilla’s current status is to be revealed through a census to determine its population size in the Virunga Volcanoes area that straddles the borders of the ...

The number of mountain gorillas has increased from the 2010 estimate of 786 after a count in Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. The critically endangered animals live only in two locations, ...