Gorongosa News, Updates and Insights
Natures Fear Factor on PBS
Mozambique’s Gorongosa National Park stars in two new films (and a third wins an Emmy)
Discovery of new bat species at Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique
The Miniopterus wilsoni roosts in areas immediately adjacent to our coffee plantations in Mount Gorongosa and feeds among themA new study just published in the scientific journal Acta Chiropterologica, authored by Ara Monadjem, Jen Guyton, Piotr Naskrecki, Leigh R....
Gorongosa National Park Turns 60
On July 23rd, 2020, we Mozambicans celebrated the 60th birthday of our flagship national park: Gorongosa. It is located in the center of our country and is a symbol of unity, restoration and hope for our nation.
Scientific study documents new species in Gorongosa National Park
Scientific study documents new species in Gorongosa National Park A new study titled “Katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) of Gorongosa National Park and Central Mozambique” by Piotr Naskrecki and Ricardo Guta, was published in the journal Zootaxa. The paper is...
Chimanimani Biodiversity Survey
Our team of Gorongosa researchers and students is back from an amazing expedition to Chimanimani Mountains
Edward O. Wilson Biodiversity Lab Opens
Professor Edward O. Wilson, a man heralded by the National Geographic Society as ‘the greatest naturalist of our time’, has lent his name and vision to a premier biodiversity research facility in Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique. The esteemed evolutionary biologist...
E.O. Wilson on Gorongosa’s diversity
"Gorongosa, is ecologically, the most diverse Park in the World", says the world famous biologist E.O. Wilson who led a team of scientists, educators, science writers and wildlife biology students in an expedition to Gorongosa to document the area's diversity. ...