Earlier this year, Donald Trump admitted he didn’t know “what the Congo is” – and the American President is far from alone ...

Gorillas play a vital role in ensuring this balance. The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund says the animals protect the land by ...

World Gorilla Day is observed on. It began in 2017 to mark the 50th anniversary of a gorilla study center in Rwanda founded by Dian Fossey.

Just over a year ago, Andre Bauma and his adopted daughter Ndakasi huddled together as bombs, rockets and mortars rent the air. Bauma recalls holding Ndakasi and stroking her thick, dark hair. They ...

Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo is home to 200 endangered mountain gorillas, about a quarter of the world's total. In... Gorillas And Guerrillas Share The Troubled Congo When ...

KINSHASA, Congo-Kinshasa — Ndakasi, a mountain gorilla who famously posed for a selfie with a ranger at Congo's Virunga National Park, has died at 14 after a long illness, the park said. “It is with ...

GOMA, Congo (Reuters) - East Congo's conflict has put more than a quarter of the world's last mountain gorillas at the mercy of armed groups who hunt and camp in their territory, park officials said ...

VIRUNGA NATIONAL PARK, Congo -- Move over, Kim Kardashian: there's a new queen of selfies -- two of them, in fact. The internet is fawning over a selfie featuring two gorillas, Ndakazi and Ndeze, and ...

Perhaps the worst misfortune to befall the world’s gorillas is that they live in some of the most resource-rich and lawless parts of the planet. Their forest homes in Africa are rich in timber, gold, ...

San Antonio Zoo will welcome eight gorillas in the new Congo Falls exhibit, opening in late 2025. 19 people dead or missing ...