Protecting the forests of Virunga National Park in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo - home to endangered mountain gorillas - could be described as one of the toughest jobs on the planet.

The image was taken at a gorilla orphanage in Virunga National Park, DR Congo, where the animals were raised after poachers killed their parents. The park's deputy director told BBC Newsday that ...

Two pictures of park rangers posing for selfies with gorillas went viral in November 2024 when the X account Nature Is Amazing posted them (archived). "Anti-Poachers in the DR Congo taking a ...

By Ryan Biller LAC TÉLÉ COMMUNITY RESERVE , Republic of Congo — Standing on a riverbank in Lac Télé Community Reserve in ...

In the Virunga National Forest, the mountain gorilla population sits in the middle of a war zone in the Democratic Republic of the Congo as forest rangers track and keep a watchful eye on the ...

In the Virunga National Forest, the mountain gorilla population sits in the middle of a war zone in the Democratic Republic of the Congo as forest rangers track and keep a watchful eye on the ...

Western Gorillas at the Mbeli Bai Clearing in Nouabale-Ndoki National Park, Republic of Congo (1) Three Western Gorilla Groups Mingle Peacefully as They Feed ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The decline in critically endangered Grauer’s gorillas between 1994 and 2003 in the highland sector of Kahuzi-Biega National Park in the ...

"Populations can be found in Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo ... These gorillas are slightly smaller than other types, with traits like brownish-grey ...

spurring an altogether different cycle from the one that is still bedeviling eastern Congo. Meanwhile, slowly, the wildlife has begun to rebound. Since the massacre of seven mountain gorillas by ...