In 1979 Sir David Attenborough visited a family of mountain gorillas in Rwanda, and he described it as a truly unique experience. But he also said it was tinged with sadness, because he feared he may have been seeing the last of their kind. ...
BBC climate editor Justin Rowlatt visits Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Uganda, to find out what mountain gorilla conservation can tell us about protecting other species....
Respiratory infections recorded among mountain gorillas in Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park dropped from a pre-pandemic average of 5.4 outbreaks among family groups to just 1.6 per year since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020....
At the age of sixteen, I was looking for ways to get closer to my mom. In the evenings we sat down to watch movies, and for the first time I saw one of her favorites, with the beautiful Sigourney Weaver – “Gorilla in the...
In chimpanzee, bonobo, gorilla, orangutan we recognize ourselves like no other: they are our closest relatives. But kinship is no guarantee for affection, rather for conflict-ridden relationships. Can we still succeed in protecting the great apes from ourselves? ...
Years before the obsession with wild-borne pathogens latching onto humans gripped the world, Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka was already dealing with disease spillovers. Except, she worried about humans infecting gorillas in her native Uganda....
