Rwanda, the resplendent land of a "thousand hills" and a million smiles, is a wondrous paradise on earth! The monumental mathematician and Nobel laureate Dr. Albert Einstein aptly pontificated, "Look ...

Four eastern lowland gorillas have been released into the wild in Virunga National Park, DRC, in the largest translocation of the species ever.

Mountain Gorillas Threatened Venture into Virunga National Park with Smithsonian writer Paul Raffaele as he examines the threats facing mountain gorillas in the ...

On March 11th, 2025, Virunga National Park authorities discovered a young gorilla named Fazili caught in a poacher’s trap. The closure of Virunga National Park eco-guard patrol posts in areas ...

A park ranger looks at a silverback mountain gorilla, in the Virunga National Park, near the Uganda border in eastern Congo, 25 November 2008 ...

Anthrax has been connected to the death of dozens of hippopotamuses at Virunga National Park in Africa's Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to a new report.

Dozens of hippopotamuses died as a result of anthrax poisoning at the oldest national park in Africa. A spokesperson confirmed with USA TODAY that at least 40 to 50 hippos were found deceased at ...

At least 50 hippos and other large animals were found dead due to anthrax poisoning in eastern Congo’s Virunga National Park.

About 50 hippos have died of anthrax poisoning in the Democratic Republic of Congo's Virunga National Park, the oldest national park in all of Africa.

At least 50 hippos and other large animals have been killed by anthrax poisoning in eastern Congo's Virunga National Park and have been spotted floating along a major river that feeds one of ...

Tests confirmed anthrax poisoning, said Virunga Park director Emmanuel De Merode, adding that buffalo have been killed too. Images shared by the park show the hippopotamuses motionless on their ...

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, and ...