Twin mountain gorillas were recently born in the Virunga National Park, renowned for its biodiversity but threatened by conflict.

As a child, Dominique Bikaba, was displaced by a new national park in the DRC. Now he is helping to secure land for wildlife and Indigenous groups against the backdrop of ongoing fighting ...

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 ...

Andre Bahuma, a warden at the Virunga National Park, plays with an orphaned mountain gorilla in the gorilla sanctuary in the park headquarters at Rumangabo in the east of the Democratic Republic of ...

A mountain gorilla has given birth to twins in war-ravaged eastern Congo, a national park said on Wednesday, in what it described as “a major event” for the endangered subspecies. Subscribe to read ...

In Uganda, Rwanda, and Congo, gorilla trekking supports conservation while funding jobs, clean water, education, and ...

SAN ANTONIO — The San Antonio Zoo has welcomed three male western lowland gorillas from the Dallas Zoo, marking the species’ return to the city for the first time in 35 years. The gorillas - Shana, ...

SAN ANTONIO — San Antonio Zoo hosted a ribbon cutting and grand opening of its long-awaited gorilla habitat, Congo Falls, on Saturday. Congo Falls is an immersive experience, including three distrinct ...

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 ...

SAN ANTONIO — San Antonio Zoo is bringing back gorillas for the first time in 30 years and the zoo is offering a first look at the new habitat where they will live. Congo Falls is the name of the new ...