There had been scientific observations of wild mountain gorillas in the past ... challenges will include covering each of six of the Virunga Mountains from saddle to summit, exploring every ...

This story appears in the January 1970 issue of National Geographic magazine. For the past three years I have spent most of my days with wild mountain gorillas. Their home, and mine, has been the ...

A new census of mountain gorillas in the Virunga Massif will help gauge the impact of conservation work in the area and play a vital role in guiding future efforts to safeguard the critically ...

By Mongabay.com U.S President Donald Trump and his senior adviser, tech billionaire Elon Musk, recently imposed a 90-day ...

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 ...

In the Virunga National Forest, the mountain gorilla population sits in the middle of a war zone in the Democratic Republic of the Congo as forest rangers track and keep a watchful eye on the ...

The gorillas and park rangers seem to have a strong bond (Photo: Courtesy) As depicted in the Academy Award-nominated documentary 'Virunga', the ... the world's last mountain gorillas - from ...

Rwanda’s Virunga volcanoes have become the go-to for once-in-a-lifetime encounters with mountain gorillas. And further south, ...

The findings were the result of intensive surveying coordinated by the Greater Virunga Transboundary Collaboration and ... but still a long way from ensuring an environment where the mountain gorilla ...

Rwanda's Volcanoes National Park has the advantage of easier treks due to less dense vegetation. The Virunga National Park in ...

In the Virunga National Forest, the mountain gorilla population sits in the middle of a war zone in the Democratic Republic of the Congo as forest rangers track and keep a watchful eye on the ...