Rwanda is using a new approach known as environmental DNA technology to detect species like the endangered mountain gorilla using genetic material left in soil and water ...

The appearance of nearly 600 elephants in Virunga National Park, in the DRC, suggests it's safer for wildlife than it once was. Some of the nearly 600 elephants that recently arrived from Uganda move ...

In May 2008 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), 80 Mai Mai militia ambushed a unit of 12 wildlife rangers on patrol near Rwindi in Virunga National Park, wounding Habimana Buzara in the leg ...

(WJW) – At least 50 hippos and other large animals were found dead due to anthrax poisoning in eastern Congo’s Virunga National Park. According to Reuters, Virunga National Park Director Emmanuel De ...

When playing by gorilla rules, the toughest to obey might be not cracking a smile. “Shh — go quietly, we are close now,” Augustin whispers, perhaps referring to the way I am lurching behind him. “And ...