As Uganda’s first wildlife vet, Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka has spent 30 years working to restore Uganda’s mountain gorilla ...

Continue reading Since then, countries where mountain gorillas reside - Rwanda, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of Congo - have been working to conserve and protect these magnificent creatures.

UGANDA, — The critically endangered mountain gorilla is getting help in Uganda from the African Wildlife Foundation as they lead guided gorilla treks through the forest. A portion of the cost ...

I recently had the rare opportunity to “meet” some mountain gorillas, who share 98.4% of their DNA with humans. It is estimated that there are fewer than 1,150 gorillas found in the wild today.

What would you do if you were approached by a silverback mountain gorilla? Watch the amazing footage of this close encounter.

This story appears in the January 1970 issue of National Geographic magazine. For the past three years I have spent most of my days with wild mountain gorillas. Their home, and mine, has been the ...

These great, glorious, fur-coated apes are some of our closest relatives. Sadly we may also be their biggest threat. People have been pushing into the mountain gorilla’s forests in central Africa for ...

The kit for the 2025 Virunga Gorilla Marathon was launched Wednesday after at Kampala Serena Hotel, as the countdown to the ...