29 June 2004 -- Conservation workers have had their first look at satellite-derived map products that show a remote habitat of endangered African mountain gorillas in unprecedented detail ...

A subspecies of eastern gorilla, the mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) became known to science on 17 October 1902. Uncontrolled hunting, destruction of its forest habitat, and capture for ...

With only about 1,000 left in the wild, according to the World Wildlife Fund and the International Gorilla Conservation ...

UC Davis launched a new “One Health” program April 23 to conserve the world’s remaining 740 mountain gorillas by caring for not only the gorillas but also the people and the other animals that share ...

Oct. 17, 2005 — -- From deep within the remote mountains of Africa's Virunga Mountains, wildlife expert Jack Hanna brought "Good Morning America" the first-ever television broadcast from the ...

The site of this conservation organization provides further information on the habitat, behaviors, and diet of mountain gorillas — as well as information about how they can be protected.

Mountain gorillas remain “conservation dependent,” Tara Stoinski of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund, which supported the census, told Mongabay. “The really exciting news is that they’re ...

A silverback mountain gorilla named Segasira sits among plants in the Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda. AP As a result, there were then about 10 family groups in the study area.

At special risk is the mountain gorilla. More than half of the species' population, estimated at 700 to 750, is found in Virunga. The rest live in Rwanda and Uganda.

Scientists who analyzed 50 years of data from Rwanda found that, as the number of gorilla family groups living in a habitat increased, so did the number of violent clashes.