Threatened by armed conflict, volcanic activity and rampant deforestation, Africa's oldest national park is turning to a new ...

By then, as all the world was shocked to learn, Fossey, too, had been murdered, in her cabin in Karisoke, a research site in the Virunga Mountains of Rwanda. She would not be the last person to ...

Virunga National Park was established in 1925 and is renowned for its wildlife, particularly mountain gorillas, and magnificent landscapes. But it is located at the heart of conflicts that have ...

Anthrax poisoning has killed about 50 hippos in Virunga, Africa's oldest national park located in the Democratic Republic of Congo's troubled east, the head of the park told AFP on Tuesday.

Dubbed ‘Virunga XCO Mountain Bike Series,’ the new competition is part of the federation’s efforts to promote maintain bike competitions in Rwanda. The first edition was organized in ...

At least 50 hippos and other large animals have been killed by anthrax poisoning in Africa's oldest national park, its ...

Virunga was established in 1925 and is renowned for its wildlife, particularly mountain gorillas, and magnificent landscapes. It is also located at the heart of the conflicts that have been ...

At least 50 hippos have been killed by anthrax poisoning in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The lifeless mammals were seen by park rangers floating down a river south of Lake Edward, which ...

Tests confirmed anthrax poisoning, said Virunga Park director Emmanuel De Merode, adding that buffalo have been killed too. The exact cause of the poisoning was not yet clear. Images shared by the ...

Virunga in eastern DR Congo is home to a third of the world's remaining mountain gorillas and more than 1,000 hippos [Getty Images] ...