Dian Fossey (January 16, 1932 – c. December 26, 1985) was an American primatologist and conservationist known for undertaking an extensive study of mountain gorilla groups from …

Nov 11, 2025 · Dian Fossey (born January 16, 1932, San Francisco, California, U.S.—died December 26, 1985, Rwanda) was an American zoologist who became the world’s leading …

Dec 19, 2025 · Dian Fossey transformed our view of mountain gorillas while fighting to save them. But she was also a flawed obsessive whose murder remains a mystery to this day.

4 days ago · Atlanta, Dec. 23, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — On December 26, 1985, Dr. Dian Fossey was tragically murdered in her cabin deep within the Virunga mountains of Rwanda. …

Dian Fossey was an American primatologist and conservationist, born on January 16, 1932, in San Francisco, California. She is best known for her groundbreaking research on mountain …

12 hours ago · Dian Fossey was a zoologist who spent decades studying the elusive mountain gorillas of Congo and Rwanda before she was murdered.

2 days ago · The number of rare mountain gorillas in the world is steadily increasing - that’s the extraordinary legacy of Dian Fossey who was murdered exactly 40 years ago. Dian became …

For more than 20 years, Dr. Dian Fossey lived among the mountain gorillas of Rwanda, at first studying the great apes and then, slowly becoming their friend and protector. A respected and …

3 days ago · Impact on Gorilla Preservation When Dian Fossey started her work in September 1967, the mountain gorilla population was hurtling towards extinction.

3 days ago · On the 40th anniversary of her passing, the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund, an organization originally established by Dian Fossey and dedicated to saving gorillas and the …