Artists for Gorilla Conservation
December 9th, 2010 by Alison Wheatley in Fun Stuff
A well known 90 year old painting is being used to guide an expedition to find and paint mountain gorillas in Africa. Stephen C. Quinn, an award-winning artist who works at the American Museum of Natural History, will be retracing Carl Akeley’s footsteps into the wilds of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The expeditio...
Tags: Africa, artists, Conservation, gorilla, national parks
July 14th, 2010 by Alison Wheatley in Endangered Species
A recent study shows that populations of large mammals such as zebra, buffalo and lion in the African national parks declined by an average of 59% between 19...
Tags: Africa, African Conservation Foundation, Big Five, Biology Conservation, bushmeat, Guardian, mammal, Masai Mara, national parks, population, Serengeti, South Africa, Wildlife, Zoological Society of London
