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VIRUNGA MOUNTAINS
In the 1980s, conservationists protected gorilla habitat across 3 countries despite poaching and disease. 46 years later, about 1,000 mountain gorillas still survive in forestsMountain gorilla numbers are steadily increasing due to dedicated conservation efforts. These efforts have helped the species recover from ...
Barry Jenkins, Leonardo DiCaprio team up for film adaptation of 'Virunga' on NetflixThe documentary was released on Netflix in 2014 and had picked up an Oscar nomination in 2015.
Africa’s rare mountain gorillas also at virus riskAs the coronavirus infects more people around the world, Congo’s Virunga National Park, home to about a third of the world’s mountain goril...
Extinction watch: A song for the Virunga GorillasA thick fur keeps them warm as do the nests they live in crowding together at night for bonding and keeping warm. Most mountain gorillas li...
- Lion's the nameless and faceless king of the Indian jungle
Naming Indian lions may help attract the world's attention to their condition
Naming Indian lions may help attract world’s attention to their conditionIf Cecil the magnificent blackmaned Zimbabwean lion did not have a name and a much-chronicled and photographed life too, would his cruel de...
Bill Clinton makes surprise appearance at Leonardo DiCaprio's filmBill Clinton made a surprise appearance at a screening of Leonardo DiCaprio's Oscar-nominated Netflix documentary, 'Virunga', at the Museum...
- Guerillas threaten gorillas in oldest national park
The new conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo has forced dozens of rangers to flee Africa's oldest national park, leaving hundreds o...