The Virunga Massif, which comprises the Mikeno Sector of Virunga National Park (DRC), Volcanoes National Park (Rwanda) and Mgahinga Gorilla National Park (Uganda), is home to around half of the ...

Four mountain gorillas have been killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo's Virunga National Park. With only some 700 individuals remaining in the wild, the gorilla deaths represent a huge loss to a ...

Every month Kambale and Kabuyaya trek into the jungles of Virunga National Park in the volatile eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo to assess each gorilla’s health. They identify any ...

the primates of Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo are naturals. A set of photos taken by their friendly protector shows one gorilla placing its hands on its hips and ...

The park has largely succeeded in protecting mountain gorillas, its top tourist draw ... seven young men repairing a rugged road that leads to Virunga National Park, it did not take much to ...

Venture into Virunga National Park with Smithsonian writer Paul Raffaele as he examines the threats facing mountain gorillas in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Explore Subscribe Newsletters ...

Despite the dangers, Virunga National Park is open to the public. The park offers gorilla trekking, a guided excursion that leads visitors to view the iconic mountain gorillas. In addition ...

Mountain gorillas live in just two isolated groups – one in the Virunga volcanoes – spanning the borders of Rwanda, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and one in Bwindi ...

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 ...

Managing a national park in crisis. In: Virunga: the Survival of Africa’s First National Park (eds ... Regional conservation in the Virunga-Bwindi region: the impact of transfrontier collaboration ...