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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The meeting is being held against a backdrop of increasing humanitarian crisis from continuing conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), with the Virunga National Park home to nearly a third ...

and Virungas National Park, respectively. The previous mountain gorilla census of 2018 in Bwindi-Sarambwe gave an estimate of 459 individuals. Together with the Virunga census results of 2015 ...

It provides sanctuary to iconic species like mountain gorillas and elephants ... National Parks in Uganda, Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda and Virunga National Park in DRC.

Virunga National Park has the potential to generate 45,000 permanent jobs ... The park is home to over 3,000 different kinds of animals, including critically endangered mountain gorillas. “This is ...