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Fighting has broken out again in eastern DR Congo between rebels under General Laurent Nkunda and the Congolese Army. The rebels, who have been hiding out in Virunga National Park, have just taken the park headquarters. The park is home to about 200…

Early last week rebels entered Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo, killing one wildlife officer and wounding up to four other individuals. Now, the rebels threaten a population of rare gorillas which live in the park.The…

Story by Prosper Uwingeli, a warden in Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda.When twin mountain gorillas were born in May 2004 in the lush Virunga mountains of Rwanda, observers were concerned about the health and safety of the twins as they grew older…

KENYA--A rare monkey species, the Tana River Red Colobus, today found only in Kenya, faces extinction due to encroachment on their habitat by human activities, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources…

The world’s largest terrestrial mammal is also famed for being notoriously water-dependent. African savannah elephants in temperate rangelands drink water almost daily and love a mudbath to stay cool. Yet, in northern Mali’s Gourma region and the…

The giant black sable, a magnificent antelope once feared extinct, has been rediscovered. In August 2002, a group of South African and American scientists set out on an expedition to find the giant sable. They recorded five separate sightings but…

VIRUNGA HEARTLAND, DRC--Mountain gorillas in the Democratic Republic of Congo's Virunga National Park are getting renewed, if still limited, protection, with up to 70 rangers returning to their posts. The rangers were forced to flee in October 2008…

Rampaging wildlife. Poachers and, sometimes, rebel forces. Harsh climatic conditions. The job of the wildlife ranger may vary by day, but whether conducting ecological monitoring or arresting poachers, one factor remains the same: how difficult…

Only about 700 mountain gorillas are left in the world, most of which live in the Virunga mountain range spanning the borders of Uganda, Rwanda, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), AWF's Craig Sholley recently told NPR's Tony Cox.The…

 Here's another story of people from different sides of the border working together to help their communities and reduce pressure on the Virunga Massif and its mountain gorillas.Last week, 10 women and men traveled from Jomba, DRC, to Gahunga,…

Perusi Florence and her brother Tuyambaze will start the year 2012 with a burden relieved. They will no longer walk an hour to fetch water every morning. They will no longer have to pay 2,000 Uganda Shillings (the currency of choice in this area of…

As the leader of the Nkuringo mountain gorilla family in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Rafiki was the gentle giant who protected his family of 17. He was speared and killed in an act of self-defense after accosting four poachers. They were in…

With only 300 African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) left in Kenya, the African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) and our partners are working diligently to mitigate the key threats to this important carnivore. Research on this highly endangered predator is…

​ You may have seen that this past Sunday, Dec. 4, was International Cheetah Day—a day the conservation community has dedicated to celebrating the world’s fastest land mammal and to raising awareness about the threats it…