The mountain gorilla and the fin whale have been reassessed and their conservation status had been found to not accurately show their position. In the case of mountain gorillas, this …
Mountain Gorilla

The mountain gorilla is a sub-species of the Eastern Lowland gorilla. It is isolated on two sets of mountains, they are only a few hundred miles apart, but given the space between their populations is one of the most dense human habitation in Africa, reconnecting these habitats will not be possible in the near future.
Mountain gorillas are very similar to eastern lowland gorillas, though as they have 8 inch hair all over their body, they look far larger.
Currently, there are 1063 mountain gorillas in the wild, split between their two reserves. This does not sound high, but has doubled since the 1980s when each reserve only had around 250 individuals. They are nowhere close to fully recovering, but it is questionable whether their two homes can support more gorillas than currently live there.
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- Tim
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- Tim
- June 23, 2018
Virunga National Park to close for two years
- Tim
- June 14, 2018
A tiny reserve in Nigeria has been shown to be full of wildlife
- Tim
- November 5, 2021
Afi mountain wildlife Sanctuary is tiny, covering only 38.6 square miles, yet analysis has shown that this reserve has a whole host of wildlife.
GOOD NEWS: Tigers and mountain gorillas rebounding in their native habitats
- Tim
- August 10, 2020
There are few bits of positive news in the world of conservation so those that come up must be celebrated. At world conservation day recently, they were celebrating the recovery …
As the number of mountain gorillas passes above 1000 for the first time in a very long time we have to worry about their future survival
- Tim
- May 24, 2020
Recent census of the Mountain gorillas between the two remaining areas of habitat counted 1063, a number that has risen from perhaps only 350 in the 1980s. The idea of …
Three endangered mountain gorillas killed by lightning strike
- Tim
- February 17, 2020
Mountain gorillas live in a small patch of montane, rainforest in Central Africa. Being a mountainous region there are naturally dangers and unfortunately 3 mountain gorillas, succumbed to one of …
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- Tim
- May 15, 2022
The cross River gorilla (picture above) is a critically endangered subspecies of the Western lowland gorilla species. The cross River gorilla are scattered in at least …