What would you do if you were approached by a silverback mountain gorilla? Watch the amazing footage of this close encounter.

Shortly after dawn two mountain gorillas swing gracefully over the shoulder-high stone wall that borders Volcanoes National Park in northwestern Rwanda. Landing lightly on cropped grass ...

Known as “the land of a thousand hills” for its verdant green rolling landscape, Rwanda is home to Volcanoes National Park, where endangered mountain gorillas roam free. Trekking to see them ...

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The landlocked country is just 26,338 square kilometres in size and home to 12.2 million people, making it one of the most ...

Rwanda, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. During this time I have become well acquainted with many of the gorillas, and they with me. They roam the mountain slopes and saddles in ...

Rwanda appears to be betting on its reputation as a key security partner and sports destination to minimize any backlash to its involvement in the war.

Since April, convoys of people from Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have destroyed large tracts of the park, home to mountain gorillas and other endangered species, to create ...

It’s not too late for us to protect our mighty mountain cousins. Mountain gorillas live in just two isolated groups – one in the Virunga volcanoes – spanning the borders of Rwanda, Uganda and the ...

Rwanda is the place to go for high level, carefully controlled excursions into Volcanoes National Park to see gorilla families in their natural habitat. A special new lodge ups the experience.

In the mid-1960s, American primatologist and conservationist Dian Fossey started living in Rwanda – home of the mountain gorillas – to closely study the animals. Fossey not only tracked the ...

World Wildlife Day is on 3 March, which celebrates the importance of animals and plants in the wild and the benefits wildlife ...