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Mt. Tshiaberimu in Virunga National Park is home to four new eastern lowland gorillas, who moved to remote spot from a gorilla sanctuary, marking one of the first successful gorilla rewilding projects ...
After years of rebuilding their natural ape skills, the four "extremely resilient" gorillas were tapped for a project to increase the wild gorilla population on Mt. Tshiaberimu in Virunga National ...
Four eastern lowland gorillas have been released into the wild in Virunga National Park, DRC, ... They were brought to the hills of Mount Tshiaberimu, a 1,700-meter (5,577-foot) ...
Four gorillas that were rescued from poachers have been reintroduced to the Virunga National Park in the lush mountains of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). After a few years of ...
With his machine gun, machete, and green army fatigues, our tour guide is more soldier than scientist. He’s leading us up the steep slopes of Mt. Mikeno, a 14,500-foot-tall dormant volcano in ...
Congo's Virunga National Park, best known for its endangered mountain gorillas, is now inviting tourists to go on overnight treks to see the Mount Nyamulagira volcano spurting fountains of lava ...
Virunga National Park (covering an area of 790,000 ha) comprises an outstanding diversity of habitats, ranging from swamps and steppes to the snowfields of Rwenzori at an altitude of over 5,000 m, ...
Virunga has been on UNESCO's World Heritage in Danger list since the 1994 Tutsi genocide in Rwanda. ... On the slopes of Mount Mikeno in Virunga National Park, ...
The neighbouring Mount Hoyo area was managed with the park and is home to a population of Bambuti Pygmy people, caves and waterfalls, but since the civil wars, the park has suffered somewhat." This ...
Guide's shelter at 9500 feet up on Mount Nyiragongo, The Virunga Mountains, Congo (Democratic Republic) CC0 Usage Conditions Apply Click for more information. Click to view download files. Click to ...
They were brought to the hills of Mount Tshiaberimu, a 1,700-meter (5,577-foot) ... Four eastern lowland gorillas have been released into the wild in Virunga National Park, DRC, ...
After years of rebuilding their natural ape skills, the four "extremely resilient" gorillas were tapped for a project to increase the wild gorilla population on Mt. Tshiaberimu in Virunga National ...