News tagged with mountain gorilla
Tourists invited to see erupting Congo volcano
(AP) -- Virunga National Park is inviting tourists on an overnight trek to a spectacular eruption of Mount Nyamulagira in eastern Congo.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 14, 2011 |
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Orange smoke billows out of Congolese volcano
Clouds of orange smoke and ash billowed out of Africa's most active volcano Nyamulagira, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Tuesday after it erupted spectacularly at the weekend.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 08, 2011 |
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Hey tapir, jaguar, smile! You're on Candid Camera
(AP) -- They are the hidden family portraits of Earth's most remote jungles finally revealed: A touching snapshot of an endangered female mountain gorilla carrying an infant on her back. A giant anteater ...
Aug 16, 2011 |
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Mountain gorilla twins born in Rwanda
A mountain gorilla in northern Rwanda has given birth to twins, a rare occurrence for an endangered species whose numbers have dwindled to less than 800, officials said Friday.
Jun 03, 2011 |
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There's no magic number for saving endangered species
A new study offers hope for species such as the Siberian Tiger that might be considered 'too rare to save', so long as conservation efforts can target key threats.
May 16, 2011 |
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Human virus linked to deaths of endangered mountain gorillas
(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time, a virus that causes respiratory disease in humans has been linked to the deaths of wild mountain gorillas, reports a team of researchers in the United States and Africa.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 28, 2011 |
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Rare mountain gorilla twins born in Rwanda
A mountain gorilla in northern Rwanda gave birth to twins, a rare occurrence for an endangered species which counts fewer than 800 individuals, Rwandan media reported Monday.
Feb 07, 2011 |
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Mountain gorilla population grows
The population of mountain gorillas in their main central African habitat has increased by a quarter in seven years, regional authorities said Tuesday.
Dec 07, 2010 |
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Lava flows ravage national park forest in DRCongo
Lava flowing from a volcanic eruption in eastern DR Congo was gathering pace and set to destroy up to 10 hectares (25 acres) of forest in Virunga National Park by late Sunday, vulcanologists said.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 04, 2010 |
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World's rarest gorilla ready for its close-up (w/ Video)
The world's rarest -- and most camera shy -- great ape has finally been captured on professional video on a forested mountain in Cameroon, according to the Wildlife Conservation Society and Germany's NDR Naturfilm.
Dec 16, 2009 |
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Endangered Ugandan gorillas join Facebook, MySpace
(AP) -- He's hairy, his table manners are atrocious, and he wants to be your friend on Facebook.
Sep 26, 2009 |
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Gorilla King Titus dies in Rwanda
Titus the Gorilla King, who became the world's most famous mountain gorilla after starring in Dian Fossey's "Gorillas in the Mist" and a BBC documentary, has died in Rwanda at the ripe old age of 35.
Sep 15, 2009 |
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Mountain Gorillas Pose No AIDS Threat, Researchers Say
(PhysOrg.com) -- Mountain gorillas do not pose an AIDS threat to humans, according to researchers at the UC Davis Mountain Gorilla One Health Program.
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Aug 04, 2009 |
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