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 ...

Four mountain gorillas have been killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo's Virunga National Park. With only some 700 individuals remaining in the wild, the gorilla deaths represent a huge loss to a ...

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 ...

A much-loved gorilla has died at a Kent wild animal park, leaving keepers “deeply saddened”. They are mourning the death of Tebe - a western lowland gorilla who had lived at Howletts for 43 years. She ...

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 ...

Park authorities have been assisting ranger families, but the conflict and economic instability leaves them vulnerable ...

The Eastern gorillas can be found in Uganda, Rwanda, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. They are deemed to be the largest apes on the planet. The contemporary name for the Eastern lowland g ...

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 ...

SAN ANTONIO — On Friday Mar. 1. The San Antonio Zoo celebrated a huge milestone in its 110-year history as they broke ground for the Congo Falls gorilla habitat coming to the zoo in 2025.