Residents in the Mexican central state of Guerrero are setting up self-defense patrols to keep a powerful cartel out of their mountain towns.

The Echuya Batwa—often known as “keepers of the forest”—are an endangered tribe of forest-dwelling hunter-gatherer people. They lived peacefully off their land without any outside influence until 1991 ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KOAA) — A beloved grizzly bear at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo is fighting cancer. Emmett, a 21-year-old grizzly, was recently diagnosed with a cancerous lump at the base of his ...

BLAINE, Tenn. (WATE) — Multiple crews fought a wildfire on Clinch Mountain in Grainger County on Saturday and Sunday. By 12:30 p.m. on Sunday, the fire was 31 acres and was 60% contained, according to ...

Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo announced a rare birth of mountain gorilla twins. Virunga National Park The Democratic Republic of Congo’s Virunga National Park rang in ...

An endangered mountain gorilla has given birth to twins in the Virunga National Park in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, whose remarkable biodiversity has long been threatened by the region's ...

The birth of twin mountain gorillas in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is raising hopes for the survival of one of the world’s most threatened great apes. “For me, it is a huge sign of hope and ...

Tell someone you’re planning a trip to the Republic of the Congo and you will get two reactions. The first is a respectful look, of the kind usually reserved for truly intrepid adventurers. The second ...

A mountain gorilla has given birth to twins in war-ravaged eastern Congo, a national park said on Wednesday, in what it described as “a major event” for the endangered subspecies. The birth of the two ...

The male twins were born on Jan. 3 in the Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Kirsty Hatcher is an Associate Editor on the People.com Morning Team. She has been working at ...