The snaps were taken by Patrick Sadiki Karabaranga, 39, who is the guardian of orphaned gorillas in Virunga national park in Rumangabo, Democratic Republic of Congo.
Coronavirus presents a ‘clear and present danger’ to wildlife that could push vulnerable species ‘over the edge’, a leading expert from Birmingham University warned last night.
The gorillas, Ndakazi and Ndeze, were orphaned 12 years ago when their families were killed by poachers.
Hairy hominids are no stranger to Australia’s outback, but gorillas? As it goes, gorillas don’t look anything like Yowies nor bunyips which makes Paul Cropper’s recollection of these strange encounters all the more intriguing. Better yet, sightings of gorillas date back to the dawn of the 20th century! At the other end of the spectrum, […]
Five wildlife rangers and a driver were killed in a militant attack on the
Biologists have discovered two groups of wild western lowland gorillas in the Republic of Congo where the adult males sing and hum while they are eating. They tend to sing more depending on the food.
Group M gave rise to the AIDS pandemic, infecting more than 40 million people worldwide by spreading across Africa and throughout the rest of the world. Groups N and P, at the other extreme, have only been found in a few individuals from Cameroon.
Researchers say two of the four known varieties of the HIV-1 virus originated in western lowland gorillas in Cameroon. Unlike a variety that jumped to humans from chimpanzees and caused the global AIDS pandemic, the gorilla-derived version has remained …
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — A Belgian royal who, as director of a vast national park in eastern Congo has defended endangered mountain gorillas and other animals from poachers and the forests from illegal logging, was shot and seriously wounded as he drove through the park, officials said Wednesday.
THE moving and tragic life story of Dian Fossey is told in this biopic. It chronicles the feisty American's 20-year struggle in the jungles of Congo — initially to study the slowly diminishing packs of mountain gorillas there but eventually turning …
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