Gorilla | Species | WWF - World Wildlife Fund
The Congo Basin is home to the second largest tropical rainforest on Earth, which serves as the green heart of Africa. Moisture generated by this forest falls as rain in the United States, meaning that the impact of the loss of this forest will be felt globally.
Congo Rain Forest and Basin | Places | WWF - World Wildlife Fund
Gorillas, elephants and buffalo all call the region home. The Congo Basin spans across six countries—Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon. There are approximately 10, 000 species of tropical plants in the Congo Basin and 30 percent are unique to the region.
Mountain Gorilla | Gorillas | WWF - World Wildlife Fund
The critically endangered mountain gorilla population is threatened by habitat loss, poaching, disease and war. Learn more about what WWF is doing to protect its future, and how you can help.
Eastern Lowland Gorilla | Species | WWF - World Wildlife Fund
The eastern lowland gorilla makes its home in lowland tropical rainforests in the eastern DRC. In the last 50 years, its range has decreased from 8,100 square miles—about the size of the state of Massachusetts— to about 4,600 square miles today.
Western Lowland Gorilla | Species | WWF - World Wildlife Fund
The western lowland gorilla is the most numerous and widespread of all gorilla subspecies. But their populations are being threatened by poaching and disease. Learn more about what WWF is doing to protect its future, and how you can help.
Mountain Gorillas and Climate Change | Pages | WWF - World …
Mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei) possess a number of traits that contribute to their resilience to a changing climate: they are tolerant of a wide range of temperatures, are exposed to fairly high climate variability, have low freshwater requirements, and feed on a variety of abundant food. However, a number of other traits make ...
What do gorillas eat? And other gorilla facts | WWF - World …
What do gorillas eat? Gorillas stick to a mainly vegetarian diet, feeding on stems, bamboo shoots and fruits. Western lowland gorillas, however, also have an appetite for termites and ants, and break open termite nests to eat the larvae.
Orangutan | Species | WWF - World Wildlife Fund
Orangutans are "gardeners" of the forest, playing a vital role in seed dispersal in their habitats. They live in tropical forests and prefer forest in river valleys and floodplains of their respective islands. Orangutans' extremely low reproductive rate makes their populations highly vulnerable.
Species Spotlight: Mountain Gorilla | Pages | WWF - World Wildlife …
Mountain gorillas are found in forests high in the mountains in Congo, Rwanda and Uganda.
Sumatran Orangutan | Species | WWF - World Wildlife Fund
The Sumatran orangutan is almost exclusively arboreal, living among the trees of tropical rainforests. Females virtually never travel on the ground and adult males do so rarely. Sumatran orangutans are reported to have closer social ties than their Bornean cousins.