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 bedevilled Democratic Republic of the Congo is virtually a tourist-fee zone. But the end of war and reopening of Virunga national park – home to some of the world’s last mountain gorillas – might ...

One ranger has been killed and another seriously injured in Virunga National Park, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, this week by members of a militia, according a park statement. This attack ...

Latest ambush worst attack to date at home to world’s largest population of mountain gorillas Five rangers and a driver have been killed in an ambush in Virunga national park in Democratic Republic of ...

With Guest Host Jessica Yellin. An award-winning new documentary takes us inside the deadly, high-stakes struggle to save the home of the last mountain gorillas. Andre Bauma, a gorilla caretaker in ...

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 ...

The Bageni family in the gorilla sector of Virunga National Park in 2013 Brent Stirton/Getty The Virunga National Park in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is simultaneously one of the most ...

A group of about 580 savanna elephants recently returned to Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo after crossing over from Queen Elizabeth National Park in Uganda. The ...

International environment and rights groups on Thursday launched a joint plea to the Democratic Republic of Congo and Ugandan governments not to allow oil drilling in or around the Virunga National ...

We're developing a transboundary monitoring and learning system as well as coordination mechanisms to allow governments and communities to share their knowledge and insights on illegal wildlife trade ...