Virunga, situated in a conflict-prone part of DR Congo, is Africa's oldest and largest national park and was set up 100 years ...

Since the gorillas move across a wide area, the trek is unpredictable in length and terrain. On day one, we followed a dirt ...

A mountain gorilla has given birth to twins in war-ravaged eastern Congo, a national park said on Wednesday, in what it ...

In the forested slopes of eastern Congo, a single birth has given conservationists a rare reason to celebrate. A wild ...

Mafuko, the mom of the twins, was born in 2003 but her mother was shot dead and she later joined a different family, ...

(AP) The population of Uganda’s mountain gorillas has grown to 400, up from 302 in 2006, according to a census conducted last year, bringing the total number of mountain gorillas in Africa to 880 and ...

WASHINGTON — Recent outbreaks of ebola among people in Africa also killed thousands of gorillas, animals already threatened by hunting, a new study reports. Outbreaks in the Congo Republic and Gabon ...

Between 2000 and 2023, more than 6,000 African primates were traded internationally in 50 countries, according to a newly ...

Tom Harrison knuckle-walked 26 miles to raise money for endangered gorillas. — -- One man’s idea to raise awareness and money for protecting endangered gorillas in Africa might seem bananas to ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Friday, Sept. 24 is World Gorilla Day, and conservationists are asking people in North Carolina to donate their old cellphones and computers to help save the lives of gorillas around ...

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) – A census of mountain gorillas in Uganda reveals their population has increased to 400, up from 302 in 2006, bringing the total number of mountain gorillas in Africa to 880 and ...