Originally published in the October 1971 issue of National Geographic. Dian Fossey reports from the field on the death of ...

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 ...

There are about a thousand mountain gorillas remaining on Earth, and about half live in the forests of the Virunga mountains ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mafuko, a 22-year-old mountain gorilla, was spotted holding twins, which the park says are both male. Virunga National Park With ...

All our bags are packed, we're ready to go. I'm standin' here outside the door of the airplane lavatory — with a complimentary vomit bag in hand because food poisoning is full of surprises. The others ...

An estimated 1,050 to 1,063 mountain gorillas survive in the wild. Every birth matters — and twin births, which occur in less than 1% of all gorilla births, are nearly unheard of. That's why two sets ...

The male twins were welcomed on Jan. 3 in the Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo A national park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has welcomed some new arrivals Wild ...

According to the results of a census released last week, the mountain gorilla population in East Africa’s Virunga Mountains numbered 604 as of June 2016, up from from 480 in 2010. The population hit ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Ndakasi, a mountain ...

DR Congo's famed Virunga National Park announced Friday the birth of a mountain gorilla in this tourist region threatened by armed groups. The birth of a new baby male occurred on the morning of ...