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- From Reddit investors to wildlife conservationists Sat, 20 Mar 21, 3:30amGorillas, pangolins and other endangered animals are getting help from a surprising source: small traders who benefited in this year's famous GameStop event...
- Tourists could spread COVID-19 to gorillas in East Africa Fri, 19 Feb 21, 5:30amA study by researchers at Oxford Brookes University shows that tourists may be spreading COVID-19 to gorillas in the wild. The study was carried out through an analysis of about 1,000 photos from Instagram posts. The researchers...
- 2 gorillas at the San Diego Zoo test positive for COVID-19 Thu, 14 Jan 21, 5:30amTwo gorillas have tested positive for COVID-19 for the first time since the pandemic started. The gorillas showed symptoms, including coughing, at the San Diego Zoo last week. The staff took tests, which came back positive...
- Hope for mountain gorillas: new census results reveal the population is increasing Fri, 1 Jun 18, 6:00amGood news for mountain gorillas: the number of the critically endangered apes residing in the Virunga Massif is up to 604 from 480 in 2010, according to a statement from the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International...
- Criminal charges possible in Cincinnati Zoo gorilla Harambe's death Thu, 2 Jun 16, 7:29amCriminal charges may be possible after the death of Harambe, a 17-year-old Western lowland silverback gorilla at the Cincinnati Zoo. This past weekend, a four-year-old boy climbed a barrier and fell into the gorilla's enclosure....
- Civil war in the Congo is pushing rare gorillas to the brink of extinction Wed, 6 Apr 16, 8:00pmMany creatures find themselves with dwindling numbers at the hands of mankind, but the fate of the Grauer’s gorilla has nearly been sealed in just the last two decades...
- Civil war in the Congo is putting rare gorillas on the brink of extinction Wed, 6 Apr 16, 8:00pmMany creatures find themselves with dwindling numbers at the hands of mankind, but the fate of the Grauer’s gorilla has nearly been sealed in just the last two decades...
- Oil Exploration Threatens Africa’s Last Mountain Gorillas Fri, 7 Nov 14, 6:00amSir David Attenborough has added his voice to the campaign demanding U.K. company Soco International stop exploring for oil in Virunga National Park. Established in 1925, Virunga is Africa’s oldest national park and home...
- Young Gorillas Use Teamwork To Dismantle Poacher Traps and Protect their Clan Tue, 24 Jul 12, 5:06amTime and time again, the planet’s great apes have displayed their intelligence through reasoning and even architecture. However last week, two young mountain gorillas in Rwanda showed just how smart they were by finding...