We don’t know how many mountain gorillas live in the wild. Here’s why

A new census — carried out by the Greater Virunga Transboundary Collaboration (a coalition of governments, non-profits and …

Mountain Gorillas back from the brink

The Great Ape species now numbers 1,000, up from 680 a decade ago

Rwanda's gorillas have figured out where to find their sodium fix. But it's dangerous

In Volcanoes National Park, gorillas have been leaving the confines of the protected area to raid crops 

To cull or not

The killing of a gorilla in the Cincinnati Zoo renews the moral existential dilemma

Nut-cracking chimpanzees, elephants reveal animals have intelligent cultures: Expert

Dr Ian Redmond has conducted research on mountain gorillas for more than 35 years through conservation work

This week from the world of science and environment

NGOs demanding a ban on oil drilling in Virunga National Park to the new NFHS revealing that many of India's women and children are stillanaemic&…

Our vanishing cousins

`Religion is not doing enough to help wildlife'

George Schaller is one of the first scientists to study and rediscover several rare and charismatic species. These include the mountain gorillas …

‘Severe pressure will be put on forests, ecosystems in Nusantara and the rest of Kalimantan’

Down To Earth speaks to veteran orangutan expert Birute Mary Galdikas on how the shifting of Indonesia’s capital will affect …

DRC: Oil drilling allowed in last refuge of 'Critically Endangered' apes

The UNESCO World Heritage Site is home to half the world’s mountain gorillas

Only 100 Cross River gorillas left in Nigeria

Revised regional action plan launched for the conservation of the species, listed by IUCN as critically endangered