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Bookmark or Share- The Renegade Scientist Who Taught Us to Love Gorillas - National GeographicIn 1967, Dian Fossey moved to the Democratic Republic of the Congo to begin her mountain gorilla research. Conflict forced her to move over the border to Rwanda, where she spent 18 years studying...
- Dian Fossey - Death, Gorillas & Movie - BiographyFamous Scientists. Dian Fossey was a zoologist best known for researching the endangered gorillas of the Rwandan mountain forest from the 1960s to the 1980s, and for her mysterious murder....
- Dian Fossey - WikipediaDian Fossey ( / daɪˈæn / dy-AN; January 16, 1932 – c. December 26, 1985) was an American primatologist and conservationist known for undertaking an extensive study of mountain gorilla groups from 1966 until her murder in 1985. [1] .
- Dian Fossey - The Gorilla OrganizationTragically, Dr. Dian Fossey died in 1985, killed in the lush forests she had called home for two decades. However, her legacy lives on. Her work inspired a new generation of African conservationists, giving the gorillas new hope.
- World-renowned primatologist Dian Fossey is found murdered in ... - HISTORYOn December 26, 1985, primatologist and conservationist Dr. Dian Fossey is found murdered in her cabin at Karisoke, a research site in the mountains of Rwanda. It is widely believed that she was...
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