Soon, Erin Marie Williams will trade the Virunga Mountains for mountains of data, and retreat to a motion analysis lab. And Rwanda's gorillas are well on their way to being "de-mistified" after 10 ...

Ndakasi, a mountain gorilla whose image went viral when she photobombed her caretaker’s selfie, has died at the age of 14. She died on September 26 after a prolonged illness, according to a ...

The population of mountain gorillas has grown by 47 percent since 2007, from 720 to an estimated 1,063 gorillas in 2021. "I am proud to have called Ndakasi my friend.

Virunga National Park, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is Africa’s oldest national park. It is also Africa’s most dangerous. On October 25th, park ranger Jean Claude Kiza Vunabandi ...

Spanning volcanic lava craters, snowcapped mountains, tropical rainforest, misty lakes and sweeping African savanna, Virunga National Park is both the oldest in Africa, designated in 1925, and the ...

The mountain gorilla habitats in Virunga National Park are remote and require guides, a special viewing license and a strenuous trek through thick jungle. Amanda Jones / Special to The Chronicle.

Musanze serves as a jumping-off point for gorilla trekking in the Virunga Mountains, and it’s brimful with gorilla-themed tourist hotels and conservation organizations. Advertisement.

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, Virunga National Park is home to a quarter of the world's endangered mountain gorillas—along with the country's deadliest rebel groups. To keep the gorillas ...

Mountain gorillas are an endangered subspecies of the eastern gorilla, which lives in high-altitude forests. Just over half live in the Virunga Mountains, which extend across the Democratic ...

1. Berkner Island is located between Ellsworth Land and Coats Land on which continent? 2. The Ligurian Sea borders which continent? 3. The Virunga Mountains are located near the Equator on which ...

Ndakasi, a mountain gorilla whose image went viral when she photobombed her caretaker’s selfie, has died at the age of 14. She died on September 26 after a prolonged illness, according to a ...