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, ...
The death of Dian Fossey in the 1980s shocked the world. Fossey, an American primatologist and conservationist known for undertaking an extensive study of mountain gorilla groups over a period of 18 ...
WHAT IT’S ABOUT Dian Fossey spent 18 years in the Virunga Mountains of Rwanda studying gorillas, becoming world-famous even before the arrival of 1988’s Oscar-nominated, Sigourney Weaver-starring ...
Half a century ago, the controversial American primatologist Dian Fossey established her field camp in the midst of two volcanoes in Rwanda. For almost two decades, she single-handedly pioneered the ...
The cover of the January 1970 issue of National Geographic features a photograph of a woman walking through a verdant landscape strewn with yellow flowers. Dressed in jeans and a denim shirt, her hair ...
Kigali — You can't talk of Mountain Gorillas conservation in Rwanda without mentioning Dian Fossey; commonly referred to as Nyiramachibiri. The two are technically inseparable. Read on for ...
It was from a small hut in Rwanda that researcher and conservationist Dian Fossey observed that while gorillas may sometimes act tough, they are really gentle giants. Fossey is one of the most famous ...
In September 1963, Dian Fossey gathered all of her savings and took out a bank loan to travel to Africa for the first time. She visited Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe and other countries. During her trip, ...
Smiling with motherly affection at the orphaned gorilla clinging to her neck, this is how the world remembers Dian Fossey. The incredible pictures made her the most famous conservationist on the ...
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