Tourists pose continued risks for disease transmission to endangered mountain gorillas
Friday, February 14, 2020 - 10:40
in Biology & Nature
Researchers at Ohio University have published a new study in collaboration with Ugandan scientists, cautioning that humans place endangered mountain gorillas at risk of disease transmission during tourism encounters. Mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei) are an endangered species of great ape found only in eastern Africa. Over 40% of the 1,059 mountain gorillas that remain […]