By then, as all the world was shocked to learn, Fossey, too, had been murdered, in her cabin in Karisoke, a research site in the Virunga Mountains of Rwanda. She would not be the last person to ...

Dubbed ‘Virunga XCO Mountain Bike Series,’ the new competition is part of the federation’s efforts to promote maintain bike competitions in Rwanda. The first edition was organized in ...

For 13 years I lived with mountain gorillas on the misty slopes of the Virunga volcanoes, which form a section of the borders between Rwanda, Zaire, and Uganda . In a study area of 25 square ...

Three decades after the groundbreaking researcher was killed in Rwanda, the ape population ... mist-shrouded slope of the Virunga Mountains, and turns her attention to a silverback known as ...

The border crossing from Rwanda to Congo is an hour's drive ... Leaving Ruhengeri, I take a last look at the Virunga Mountains, shimmering like blue glass in the misty air. On the other side ...

At least 50 hippos have been killed by anthrax poisoning in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The lifeless mammals were seen by park rangers floating down a river south of Lake Edward, which ...

Virunga National Park was established in 1925 and is renowned for its wildlife, particularly mountain gorillas, and magnificent landscapes. But it is located at the heart of conflicts that have ...

Inspired by an ancient Rwandan practice, Kwita Izina honours each button-cute baby gorilla born in Volcanoes National Park with a meaningful moniker.