# Dian Fossey
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dian fossey (, 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 1985 murder. She studied them daily in the mountain forests of Rwanda, initially encouraged to work there by paleoanthropologist Louis Leakey. Gorillas in the Mist, a book published two years before her death, is Fossey's account of her scientific study of the gorillas at Karisoke Research Center and prior career.
Part 1: Gorillas in Our Midst
In this special three part miniseries from Our Wild World, we will explore the behavior of both lowland and mountain gorillas. For many of us of a certain age, the first gorilla we ever became aware of was King Kong, scaling the Empire State Building and batting airplanes and helicopters like they…
What Does It Mean to Be Human? Ep 1: The Aware Animal
In a world racing toward smarter machines, empathy speakers and authors Rob Volpe and Maria Ross get curious in this limited subseries about what only humans can feel, do, and be — and why that's our greatest competitive advantage. Enjoy this limited subseries here on The Empathy Edge.
Self-Awaren…
Ian Redmond: Gorillas, Elephants and 50 Years in African Conservation | Animals & Us
Ian Redmond describes himself as a naturalist by birth, fascinated by nature from childhood despite growing up in the English countryside far from the tropical wildlife he dreamed of. A chance letter to Dian Fossey in 1976 changed everything: he arrived at Karisoke Research Center in the Virunga Mo…
Part 3 - Gorillas in Our Midst
In this episode, Part 3 of the Gorillas in Our Midst miniseries, you’ll hear about the amazing treks my wife and I made to see the mountain gorillas that Dian Fossey studied at Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda, and the mountain gorillas of Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable Forest. Of course, along the…
Homesick for a World Unknown w/ Miriam Horn
George Schaller may be the reason mountain gorillas, Bengal tigers, and giant pandas still exist in the wild. Considered the father of modern field biology, he trained Jane Goodall and Dian Fossey, worked in 32 countries, and sounded the alarm on the "great dying" of the natural world decades befor…
290 - Nicholas Humphrey: Why Does Beauty Exist?
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Nicholas Humphrey is a theoretical psychologist and Emeritus Professor of Psychology at the London School of Economics, where his work has focused on the evolution of intelligence and consciousness. Among his many contributions, he was the fi…
Attenborough, Fossey, & King Kong: Ian Redmond’s Extraordinary Life With Gorillas
What does it take to earn the trust of a wild gorilla?
Ian Redmond OBE has spent more than 50 years finding out. One of the world’s leading great ape conservationists, Ian began his career working with legendary primatologist Dian Fossey and went on to become a pioneering force in gorilla conservat…
When Dian Fossey was murdered
In 1985, American gorilla expert Dian Fossey was murdered in her cabin at the research station she established in the mountains of Rwanda. Lucy Burns spoke to Kelly Stewart in 2013 who worked alongside Dian for 10 years in Volcanoes National Park.Witness History is a short BBC World Service podcast…
When Dian Fossey was murdered
In 1985, American gorilla expert Dian Fossey was murdered in her cabin at the research station she established in the mountains of Rwanda.
Lucy Burns spoke to Kelly Stewart in 2013 who worked alongside Dian for 10 years in Volcanoes National Park.
(Photo: Dian Fossey in 1983. Credit: Peter Breinin…
The chimpanzee who learned American sign language and monkeys in space
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service.
We hear about the tests on baby rhesus monkeys which would become some of the most controversial in modern science. Also, the chimpanzee who apparently learned American sign language.
Our guest zool…
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