The birth of twins is a very rare occasion among the mountain gorillas monitored by the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund, so our trackers were surprised and delighted on Jan. 18, when they found mother gorilla Isaro holding two newborn infants. This is only the third set of surviving twins among the known groups of mountain […]
Virunga National Park in the Congo DRC is Africa’s oldest national park and home to a quarter of the world’s mountain gorillas and here you can experience the gorilla trekking tours in Congo. Virunga’s Cessna 182 (photo:©Virunga National Park) The Virunga National Park (French: Parc National des Virunga), formerly named Albert National Park, is a […]
Gorilla census officials examine dung samples. The gorilla census will start on the southern part of the Virunga Massif in Rwanda and end on the Ugandan side. The census begins with the enumerators following a gorilla trail until they locate a nest site. Every evening, gorillas make nests in which to sleep. They never return […]