New Reason For Hope In Africa

Discover the surprising number of western lowland gorillas in the northern Congo Republic, a rare example of abundance amid dwindling primate populations.

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A new reason for hope reported in The New York Times:

A grueling survey of vast tracts of forest and swamp in the northern Congo Republic has revealed the presence of more than 125,000 western lowland gorillas, a rare example of abundance in a world of rapidly vanishing primate populations.

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