27 Sep Preventing disease transmission between people and wildlife
Conservation scientist Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka looks after the health of mountain gorillas and livestock in southwest Uganda and teaches local residents how to avoid illness. ...
13 Jun Can nature heal itself? What the pandemic has shown us
In the dark early days of the coronavirus pandemic, when a death toll of 1 million was still unimaginable, there was one bright spot: nature appeared to be healing....
28 Jan Look at the gorillas in the eyes
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...
05 Jan Podcast: Bwindi Impenetrable Forest
In this episode of The Atlas Obscura Podcast, we visit a national park in southwest Uganda that is home to nearly half the world’s population of endangered mountain gorillas. ...