Mother Mountain Gorilla With A Baby Gorilla In The Virunga National Park. Getty. If you already have plans for an East Africa vacation in Kenya and Tanzania, then it makes sense to fly over to ...

The history of gorilla tourism in Africa can be traced back to 1902 when Robert Von Beringe a Germany Capt. and the first European to observe mountain gorillas along Mount Sabyinyo. In 1903, they ...

The following script is from “Gorilla Doctors,” which aired on Oct. 9, 2016. Lara Logan is the correspondent. Max McClellan, producer. There are only about 950 mountain gorillas left on Earth ...

KAMPALA, Uganda — As the coronavirus infects more people around the world, conservationists are warning of the risk to another vulnerable species: Africa’s endangered mountain gorilla. Congo ...

Gorilla trekking is among those African safaris that may not popularly identify with Africa. Outside the common African safari norm of watching wildlife in an open roof safari car, ...

Zola, a western lowland gorilla, relaxes against a rock as she waits for feeding time at the Dallas Zoo, June 10, 2025. The Zoo is calling on the community to help protect endangered gorillas by ...

Tourists who take selfies with wild mountain gorillas could put the primates at risk of developing Covid-19, according to new research. Scientists from Oxford Brookes University, England, looked ...

The acceptable age limit for visitors visiting Africa for gorilla trekking is 15 and above. A maximum of 8 visitors are allowed to visit a gorilla family, whether it is in Uganda or Rwanda.

We still can't believe we walked with endangered mountain gorillas!!! It truly was the most terrifying experience of our lives.. but truly magical all at the same time. We flew into Entebbe and were ...

Staring face to face with a gorilla, it's hard not to find them eerily similar to humans—and now the first published gorilla genome supports that, according to a new study. In 2008 geneticists ...