Pascal Mirindi is a young environmental activist based in the Democratic Republic of Congo, born in Goma. He was a member of ...

On the southwestern flank of Virunga, a protected national park in the Democratic Republic of Congo, there was once a thick rainforest. Today it looks like the surface of the moon, barren and smoking.

For over two decades, André Bauma has been committed to the welfare of orphaned mountain gorillas living in the Virunga ...

NEW YORK, April 13, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Virunga Critical Inc., a Delaware-based mining and critical minerals company focused on the Democratic Republic of Congo, highlights the critical minerals ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. With enough action, pathos, suspense, venal villains, stalwart heroes and endangered gorillas for a dozen fiction films, Orlando ...

"She will be missed by all of us at Virunga but we are forever grateful for the richness Ndakasi brought to our lives during her time at Senkwekwe," the ape's caretaker, Andre Bauma, said in a ...

Urgent investigative report and unforgettable drama, “Virunga” is a work of heart-wrenching tenderness and heart-stopping suspense. The documentary’s central characters, the wardens of Africa’s oldest ...

An estimated 1,050 to 1,063 mountain gorillas survive in the wild. Every birth matters — and twin births, which occur in less than 1% of all gorilla births, are nearly unheard of. That's why two sets ...

We’re surrounded by shades of deep green, hiking up hill, following the rhythmic sound of machete slicing a small path through thick forest. “We’re two minutes away now,” says Virunga National Park’s ...