A mountain gorilla who once went viral for a selfie has died at 14. Ndakasi died on Sept. 26 after battling a prolonged illness and in the arms of her caretaker, according to a statement from the ...

Before Dian Fossey’s landmark research with the mountain gorillas of Rwanda, people imagined that gorillas were dangerous beasts that lurked in the forest and would attack humans that ventured ...

There's a photo that went viral in 2019, of two mountain gorillas behind a park ranger as he snaps a selfie in Congo's Virunga National Park. One gorilla seems to glance over at the human with all ...

Mountain gorillas are a subspecies of eastern gorilla (Gorilla beringei). As their name hints, they live in the mountains at elevations between 8,000 and 13,000 feet. Conservation.

Orphaned mountain gorilla Ndakasi was pictured taking her last breath while being held by her 'lifelong friend' Andre Bauma, 49, who rescued her as an infant, at the Virunga National Park in Congo.

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.

Gorilla Doctors 13:17. There are only about 950 mountain gorillas left on Earth. Habitat loss, poaching and disease have made them one of the most endangered animals alive.

Scientists analyzed more than 20 years of data on 164 wild mountain gorillas living in Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda. Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund Being social has upsides and downsides for ...