A week or so late on this one, but an extra 150,000 Western Lowland Gorillas were found to exist. This more than doubles the known population of this subspecies of gorilla in the wild. Rare that we get good wildlife news.
"We knew there were apes there, we just had no idea how many," said WCS's Emma Stokes, one of the lead researchers in the two-year project.
The gorillas have thrived thanks to their remoteness from human settlements, food-rich habitats, and two decades of conservation efforts in one of the world's poorest countries, Stokes said.
Photo by Flickr user ecov ottos used with permission.
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