Navigational Strategies of Western Lowland Gorillas
Food resources in tropical forests often occur in dispersed and ephemeral patches. To navigate efficiently to such patches and hence to forage…
[details]Journal #71, 2/2025
GORILLA JOURNAL 71
Carrying Capacity of the Virunga Massif for Mountain Gorillas
The Virunga Massif, a chain of volcanoes in the heart of Africa, is home to one of two remaining populations of the endangered mountain gorilla. Six…
[details]Hope Grows on the Mountain: Rewilded Grauer's Gorillas Flourish
The project partners are thrilled to share encouraging news from Mt. Tshiaberimu in Virunga National Park, where four female Grauer's gorillas -…
[details]Intensive Biomonitoring and Research in Maiko National Park during the First Half of 2025
Maiko National Park (PNM), covering an area of 10,300 km², is the third largest park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo after Salonga National…
[details]Female Mountain Gorilla Have Some Power Over Males
Males have been long assumed to strictly overpower females in most mammals. Recent research questions this assumption suggesting that female-male…
[details]The Relationship between an Indigenous Batwa Population and their Ancestral Forests in Kahuzi-Biega
What is the role of indigenous people in conservation? Are they 'forest destroyers' or 'forest protectors'? Both narratives argue that the fate of…
[details]A Milestone for People and Wildlife: Usala Corridor Gains Formal Protection
Local communities in the Usala conservation corridor were formally awarded land tenure of their traditionally owned forests by the Provincial…
[details]Group Traits Influence the Relationship between Individual Social Traits and Fitness in Gorillas
The social environment of an individual is strongly related to its fitness. In many social species, it has been shown that individual social traits,…
[details]Supervision of Trainees from Higher Education Institutions in Nature Conservation and Tourism
For a long time, very few courses in environmental sciences, nature conservation and tourism have been offered in eastern Democratic Republic of the…
[details]Armed Conflict and Gorilla Conservation, Maiko National Park Central Sector
Due to its size, Maiko National Park (MNP) located in Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) gives the impression of being a small country. It is one…
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