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, ...

KPRC 2 and the Houston Zoo are in Rwanda to document conservation efforts supported by Houstonians. Follow along with the journey on click2houston.com/conservation ...

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 ...

Dian Fossey's life story from childhood and her early days researching in Congo, through to her arrival in Rwanda, where she spent 18 years studying and protecting the mountain gorilla population.

On an isolated mountainside in Rwanda, frightened cries cut through the early morning mist. As day broke on December 27, 1985, wildlife legend Dian Fossey was found dead by a machete attack. Fossey ...

Mountain gorilla conservation comes into focus as Google honours pioneering primatologist Like Dian Fossey before her, Anna Behm Masozera lives in Rwanda where she works to protect the amazing ...

Fossey was honored along with Bay Area literary figure Ina Donna Coolbrith. A poet, writer, librarian, and prominent figure in the literary community, Coolbrith was known as the “Sweet Singer of ...

Stacy Rosenbaum receives funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the University of Michigan. Robin Morrison receives funding from the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund and the Swiss National ...

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Throughout her career, actress Sigourney Weaver has played a lot of strong women. There’s naturalist Dian Fossey in the 1988 drama “Gorillas in the Mist,” exo-biologist Dr. Grace Augustine in the 2009 ...