WASHINGTON — There are more gorillas in the mist — a rare conservation success story, scientists say. After facing near-extinction, mountain gorillas are slowly rebounding. On Wednesday, the Switzerland-based International Union for Conservation of Nature updated mountain gorillas’ status from “critically endangered” to “endangered,” a more promising, if still precarious, designation.
Rare Conservation Win: Mountain Gorilla Population Ticks Up
CHRISTINA LARSON, AP Science Writer, The Columbian
Wed, 11/14/2018 - 9:51am
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