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 ...

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 ...

LAC TÉLÉ COMMUNITY RESERVE , Republic of Congo — Standing on a riverbank ... discovery that roughly 125,000 western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) inhabit the Likouala region ...

The almost limitless mineral resources in Congo were a curse on the war-torn ... one of the most important retreats of the endangered Grey Gorillas. In recent years, their numbers have dwindled ...

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 ...

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 ...