Ranges of Western Lowland Gorillas
Western lowland gorilla ranges are in general larger than those of mountain gorillas - this has been the general opinion among researchers for a long…
[details]Other protected areas
Life History Patterns of Female Gorillas
The concept of net energy balance is familiar to all of us: we eat too many calories and we gain weight; we exercise a lot without changing caloric…
[details]Gorillas, Chimpanzees and Forest Elephants Thrive in the Rio Campo Nature Reserve
Protected areas aim to conserve wildlife - particularly large, charismatic species like gorillas - while benefiting local communities. But in tropical…
[details]Behavioural Flexibility and Foraging Strategies of Wild Western Gorillas
Tropical rainforests are characterized by seasonal fluctuations in fruit availability with important inter-annual variations in tree productivity.…
[details]Interspecific Interactions between Sympatric Apes
Gorillas live sympatrically with chimpanzees in most of their distribution area, but there are only a few sites where both species have been…
[details]Nkuba: a Community Reserve in Eastern D. R. Congo
In 2012, the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International started a unique collaboration with local communities in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo…
[details]The Struggle for Survival in the Maiombe Forest Continues
The Maiombe National Park (MNP) covers a large part of the Maiombe forest component of Angola, an area of some 1,930 km² in Cabinda Province, an…
[details]Obituary to Kupe Cowboy
Simon 'Kupe' Ngwese, better known as 'Kupe Cowboy', lived a full life. Born in around 1940, to a poor family in Kupe village, near Tombel,…
[details]Conservation Efforts and Costs for Monitoring Gorillas at Douguetsi Site, Gabon
Despite the efforts of conservation NGOs and research teams, the expansion of anthropogenic activities such as bushmeat hunting, logging, and…
[details]A Long-Term Monitoring Programme for Great Apes in Monte Alén National Park
Equatorial Guinea's forests maintain some of the highest levels of biodiversity in Central Africa (Sunderland 2005). Despite its small size, the…
[details]Clubs des Amis des Gorilles in the Ebo Forest
The Ebo forest is one of the largest remaining intact forest tracts in the Gulf of Guinea Biodiversity Hotspot (Morgan et al. 2011) and it is in the…
[details]Give Me Your Dung And I Will Tell You Who You Are
In many primate species individuals coordinate their activities, share space and form groups. But how do groups form, how long can they exist and how…
[details]First Twins Born to Habituated Western Lowland Gorillas
At the end of January 2016 the Dzanga-Sangha Protected Areas complex in the Central African Republic recorded the first ever western lowland gorilla…
[details]The "Walk through the Dja"
The conservation action plan for western lowland gorillas and central chimpanzees identifies 18 priority landscapes (IUCN 2014). One of them is the…
[details]Gorilla Habituation for Research and Tourism in Loango
Two components of gorilla conservation are research and tourism. Research provides the baseline information concerning the natural ecological and…
[details]Community-led Conservation Action in the Ebo Forest, Cameroon
The Ebo forest in Littoral Region, Cameroon harbours a rich biodiversity of primates, including gorillas and chimpanzees. The government of Cameroon…
[details]Using Remote Video Camera Traps for Multi-Species Assessments in Gabon
Accurate population assessments of endangered species are of great importance for determining conservation priorities and measuring the success of…
[details]Update: Conflict in the Central African Republic
The Dzanga-Sangha Protected Areas (DSPA), located in the southwestern Central African Republic (CAR) and the northern edge of the Congo basin, is…
[details]Park Protects Swamp Dwelling Gorillas
In 2000, WCS Senior Conservationist, and National Geographic explorer, Mike Fay set off on his now famous MegaTransect through the forests of Central…
[details]Gorillas in the Dimonika Biosphere Reserve
Designated in 1988 under the UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Program, Dimonika Biosphere Reserve is located in the central Mayombe Mountain chain in the…
[details]Guide Refresher Training at Bai Hokou and Mongambe
The Primate Habituation Programme (PHP) in the Central African Republic is an integral part of the conservation activities of Dzanga-Sangha Protected…
[details]Ebo: Clubs des Amis des Gorilles (closed)
Near the Ebo forest, Bethan Morgan and Ekwoge Enang Abwe are starting to develop “Clubs des Amis des Gorilles” in each of the villages closest to the…
[details]Feeding Ecology of Sympatric Apes
![[Translate to EN:] Ein Gorilla-Silberrückenmann auf der Suche nach Früchten in Loango.](/fileadmin/news/Ein_Gorilla-Silberrueckenmann_auf_der_Suche_nach_Fruechten_in_Loango..jpg "[Translate to EN:] Ein Gorilla-Silberrückenmann auf der Suche nach Früchten in Loango.")
Examining dietary composition and overlap between species living within the same environment is important for improving our understanding of their…
[details]Readaptation of an Injured Juvenile
Since 2003, we have been trying to habituate western gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) for the purpose of scientific research in Moukalaba-Doudou…
[details]Response to Oil Prospecting in Gabon
As the world's oil reserves continue to decline, interest from major petroleum companies in the largely unexploited reserves of African oil increases.…
[details]Human Impact on Gorilla Behaviour
Western lowland gorilla tourism exists on a considerably smaller scale than that of the high profile mountain gorillas. Yet the successful habituation…
[details]Bai Hokou
The south-western region of the Central African Republic includes one of the most pristine tropical forests in the whole of Africa. Located in the…
Gorillas of the Ebo Forest - Conservation
In November 2002 a population of gorillas was "discovered" in the Ebo forest of southwestern Cameroon, less than 100 km north of the Sanaga River…
[details]Bushmeat Investigation Trip
Republic of Congo: in March 2009 I made a tour of the various markets in Ouesso, and for the first time realized the real ubiquity of bushmeat in that…
[details]Western Gorilla Life History
Gorillas are known among the great apes for their fast life history patterns. In <link internal-link>zoos it is common for female gorillas to give birth before reaching…
Moukalaba-Doudou
Since 1999, a long-term survey of gorillas and chimpanzees has been conducted by Kyoto University in Moukalaba-Doudou National Park, Gabon. The…
[details]Western Gorilla Tourism
Following the widely perceived success of mountain gorilla tourism, there has been increasing interest in developing tourism based on the observation…
[details]First Observation of the Birth of a Western Gorilla in the Wild
On the 4th December 2007, staff of the Dzanga-Sangha's Primate Habituation Programme (PHP) witnessed the birth of a new gorilla infant into the…
The Gorillas of the Ebo Forest, Cameroon
![[Translate to Englisch:] Die Berge des Ebo-Walds bei Locndeng (© Bethan Morgan)](/fileadmin/news/Die_Berge_des_Ebo-Walds_bei_Locndeng___c__Bethan_Morgan_.jpg "[Translate to Englisch:] Die Berge des Ebo-Walds bei Locndeng (© Bethan Morgan)")
Cameroon is an important country for both gorillas and chimpanzees. To the south of the Sanaga River, western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla…
