There are very few opportunities in life to see 500 people dressed in gorilla suits, so make sure you don’t miss one today when the fifth annual Denver Gorilla Run takes place. This charity event, ...

Join fellow alumni on this once-in-a-lifetime trip to see the last remaining apes in Uganda. Only 740 mountain gorillas still make their home in the primeval forests of central Africa. This trip ...

Eco-tourism could be the key to the economic future of war-ravaged Rwanda. KIGALI, Rwanda, April 29, 2008— -- Last month I was sent to Rwanda on assignment, to take a look at the health care ...

The New York Times is famous for its anthropological studies of conservatives — what wags have called “gorillas in the mist” coverage. The newspaper’s latest anthropological installment is “The Rise ...

Sigourney Weaver talked about the challenges of filming 'Gorillas in the Mist' and her career in a 1988 interview. Read Joe Biden doctor's full statement on refusing to testify Charley Hull collapses ...

Three decades after the groundbreaking researcher was killed in Rwanda, the ape population is growing—but is under rising pressure. Fossey devoted almost 20 years to her studies before she was ...

When it comes to great escapes, few places can match the Los Angeles Zoo’s gorilla compound for frequency. Gorillas have stood on each others’ backs to scale exhibit walls and ripped metal doors off ...

A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Dec. 27, 1985, American naturalist Dian Fossey, 53, who had studied mountain gorillas in Africa for nearly 20 years, ...

While many visitors come just long enough to see the gorillas, we’ve booked three nights near Bwindi. That gives us plenty of time to stroll through Mahogany Springs’ bougainvillea-and-ginger-filled ...

LINCOLN, Neb. — A man convicted in absentia of murdering Dian Fossey, the American wildlife researcher whose work in Africa was the subject of the movie "Gorillas in the Mist," has been hired by the ...