“It was their individuality combined with the shyness of their behavior that remained the most captivating impression of this first encounter with the greatest of the great apes.”

About Dian Fossey

Primatologist • American

Dian Fossey was an American primatologist and conservationist renowned for her extensive study of mountain gorilla groups in Rwanda. From 1966 until her murder in 1985, she dedicated her life to observing and protecting...