Fiona Rogers / Bonobo (Pan paniscus) adolescent male wading through water, calling, Lola Ya Bonobo Sanctuary, Democratic Republic of Congo. October.

Eric Baccega / Silverback male Eastern lowland gorilla (Gorilla beringei graueri) intimidation display by chest beating, equatorial forest of Kahuzi Biega Park, Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa, March 2009

Jabruson / Mountain gorilla silverback {Gorilla beringei} and human infant hands, Bukima, Virunga National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo, 1995 model released

Ingo Arndt / Mikeno Volcano (3634 meters) with lenticular cloud, Republic of the Congo in the Virunga heartland, view from Rwanda

Konrad Wothe / Okapi (Okapia johnstoni) parent with young, native to tropical forests of northern Congo

Jabruson / Volcanic eruption of Kimanura volcano, 1989, Democratic Republic of Congo

Jabruson / Bate's dwarf / pygmy antelope {Neotragus batesi} Epulu, Ituri Rainforest Reserve, Democratic Republic of Congo

Jabruson / Lava flow and corresponding fire moving through forest, Kimanura volcanic eruption, Virunga NP, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Jabruson / Grass fire started by poachers in the dry season, in attempt to drive wildlife out for them to hunt, Rwindi plains, Virunga NP, Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire)

Jabruson / Lava explodes from active volcano, Kimanura eruption, Virunga NP, Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire)

Karl Ammann / Baby Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla g gorilla) head portrait - victim of the illegal bushmeat and pet trade, Pointe Nior, Democratic Republic of Congo. After shooting an adult gorilla, bushmeat hunt...

Karl Ammann / Hippopotamus and calf {Hippopotamus amphibius} Virunga NP, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Jabruson / Aerial view of rainforest canopy during rainy season. Epulu Ituri, Dem Rep Congo

Jabruson / Western lowland gorilla with wet rear, Lokoue bai, Odzala NP, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Jabruson / Western lowland gorilla male sitting amongst Congo Sedge nutgrass {Gorilla gorilla gorilla} Lokoue bai, Odzala National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Jabruson / Deforestation for fuel by Hutu refugees. Virunga NP. Democratic Republic of Congo. 900 tons of wood cleared per day.

Jabruson / Evening mist, Kalonge, Mountains of the Moon DR Congo, Africa.

Jabruson / Western lowland gorilla male feeding {G g gorilla} Lokoue bai, Odzala NP, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Jabruson / Western lowland gorilla male feeding {G g gorilla} Lokoue bai, Odzala NP, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Jabruson / Sitatunga {Tragelaphus spekei} searching for seeds in dung left by elephants drinking , Maya Maya Nord Bai forest clearing, Odzala NP, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Jabruson / Umbrella termite mound designed to repel heavy rain water, Mboko, Odzala NP, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Jabruson / African baboon spider {Theraphosidae / Tarantula family) Odzala NP, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Konrad Wothe / Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla beringei) males fighting, Virunga National Park, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Konrad Wothe / Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla beringei) baby rolling on forest floor, Virunga National Park, Congo

Jabruson / Muhavura volcano viewed from Tongo. Sunset. Virunga NP, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Gerry Ellis / Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla beringei) female showing finger lost to poacher's trap, Virunga Mountains, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Gerry Ellis / Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla beringei) male, Virunga Mountains nestled along the northern border of Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda

Gerry Ellis / Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla beringei) group eating, Virunga Mountains

Jabruson / Aerial view of troical rainforest tree canopy during rainy season. Epulu Ituri rainforest reserve. Democratic Republic of Congo.

Jabruson / Aerial view of rainforest canopy during rainy season. Democratic Republic of Congo, Epulu Ituri rainforest reserve.

Jabruson / Blue monkey face {Cercopithecus mitis} Virunga NP, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Jabruson / Bush pigs {Potamochoerus porcus} leaving 'mangoire' in bai for forest , Odzala NP, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Jabruson / Western lowland gorilla male silverback "Faust" eating soil for mineral content in bai (forest clearing) Odzala NP, Democratic Republic of Congo. Died July 2004, probably due to Ebola virus.

Jabruson / Western lowland gorilla family group feeding in Bai /forest clearing {Gorilla gorilla gorilla } Odzala NP, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Jabruson / Western lowland gorillas and Forest elephants in clearing in tropical rainforest, Obandas Bai, Odzala NP, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Jabruson / White nosed guenon monkey {Cercopithecus nictitans} for sale as bush meat, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Jabruson / Traditional animistic ceremony with primate masks during Ebola disease outbreak, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mondomessokou

Jabruson / Mountain gorilla mother and baby {Gorilla beringei} Virunga NP, Dem Rep of Congo

Jabruson / Mountain gorilla asleep {Gorilla beringei} Virunga NP, Democratic Republic of Congo. "Rafiki" killed by roaming militia after Rwandan crisis.

Jabruson / View from Stanley Glacier Virunga NP. Dem. Rep. of Congo, Africa

Jabruson / African elephants crossing river with riders. Democratic Republic of Congo, Garamba National Park.

Jabruson / Fitting radio collar to White rhinoceros, Garamba NP, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Jabruson / Lava flow destroying trees and vegetation. Kimanura volcano. Virunga NP, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Karl Ammann / Bonobo {Pan paniscus} Brazzaville sanctuary, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Karl Ammann / Bonobo orphans at sanctuary {Pan paniscus} Brazzaville, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Karl Ammann / Silverback Eastern lowland gorilla (Gorilla beringei graueri) in forest, Kahuzi Biega, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Jabruson / Mountain gorilla portrait juvenile (Gorilla g. berengei). Virunga NP, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Jabruson / Mountain gorilla portrait (Gorilla g. beringei) juvenile. Virunga NP, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Jabruson / Mountain gorilla portrait (Gorilla g. beringei). Virunga NP, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Jabruson / Silverback mountain gorilla sleeping {Gorilla beringei} Virunga NP, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Jabruson / Young chimpanzee {Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii} Virunga NP, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Jabruson / Giant elephant shrew {Rhynchocyon cirnei stuhlmanni} Epulu, Ituri Reserve, Zaire Democratic Republic of Congo

Jabruson / Western lowland gorilla silverback male eating soil for mineral content, Odzala NP, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Jabruson / Man holding Commerson's leaf nosed bat {Hipposideros commersoni} by wings, Odzala NP, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Jabruson / Termite mound cooling chimneys - savanna near Mboko, Odzala National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Jabruson / Western lowland gorilla male silverback portrait, Odzala NP, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Jabruson / Male Western lowland gorilla silverback eating soil for mineral content in Bai (rainforest clearing) Odzala NP, Democratic Republic of Congo, Lokoue Bai white silverback.

Jabruson / Male Western lowland gorilla adopts display posture in reaction to seeing other male in Bai (rainforest clearing) Odzala NP, Democratic Republic of Congo, Obandas Bai,

Jabruson / Male Western lowland gorilla displaying at sight of another male in rainforest clearing, Odzala NP, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Jabruson / Western lowland gorilla family foraging in rainforest clearing, Odzala NP, Democratic Republic of Congo. Dominant silverback male on right.

Jabruson / Western lowland gorilla family feeding in rainforest clearing, Odzala NP, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Jabruson / Western lowland gorilla female carrying infant and feeding in bai (forest clearing), Odzala NP, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Jabruson / Western lowland gorilla family feeding in Moba bai forest clearing in Odzala NP, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Jabruson / Dead Moustached monkey for sale as bushmeat food, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Staffan Widstrand / Silverback Mountain gorilla {Gorilla gorilla beringei} amongst vegetation, Zaire.

Jabruson / Hippopotamus in Rutshuru River, Virunga NP, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Jabruson / Western lowland gorillas and Forest elephant in rainforest clearing, Odzala NP, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Jabruson / African elephant in water - head shot. Democratic Republic of Congo, Garamba National Park

Jabruson / Mountain gorilla silverback male, known as Salaama, resting. Democratic Republic of Congo Virunga National Park

Jabruson / Kimanura eruption, Virunga NP, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Jabruson / Volcanic eruption , Kimanura volcano, Virunga NP, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Jabruson / Lava flow from the Kimanura volcano, Virunga NP, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Jabruson / Kimanura eruption. Virunga NP active volcanic region, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Jabruson / Kimanura eruption. Virunga NP active volcanic region, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Jabruson / Bambuti pygmies cutting forest tree Epulu rainforest, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Jabruson / Deforestation for fuel by Hutu refugees (900 tons wood per day). Virunga NP (Mikeno and Karisimbi volcanoes), Democratic Republic of Congo.

Karl Ammann / Blackback Eastern lowland gorilla head profile portrait {Gorilla beringei graueri} Kahuzi Biega, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Karl Ammann / Blackback Eastern lowland gorilla {Gorilla beringei graueri} Kahuzi Biega, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Jabruson / Young Western lowland gorilla crosses stream walking on back legs (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) Odzala NP, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Jabruson / Eastern lowland gorilla feeding in tree {Gorilla beringei graueri} Lake Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Jabruson / Mountain Gorilla eating thistles {Gorilla beringei} Virunga NP, Democratic Republic of Congo. Rafiki

Jabruson / Silverback Western lowland gorilla eats soil for mineral content {Gorilla gorilla gorilla} Odzala NP, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Jabruson / Silverback Western lowland gorilla crosses bai clearing in rainforest {Gorilla gorilla gorilla } Odzala NP Democratic Republic of Congo.

Jabruson / Close up of African elephant tusk and trunk in water {Loxodonta africana} Virunga NP, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Jabruson / Male Chimpanzee (Opi) {Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii} Virunga NP, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Jabruson / Lava flow from the Kimanura volcano, Virunga NP, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Jabruson / African elephant detail, standing in water. Democratic Republic of Congo, Garamba National Park

Jabruson / Giant elephant shrew portrait {Rhynchocyon cirnei stuhlmanni} Epulu, Ituri Reserve, Zaire Democratic Republic of Congo

Fabio Pupin / Great Lakes Bush Viper, (Atheris nitschei), hanging from branch in swamp, Kahuzi-Biega NP, Democratic Republic of Congo, November . Non-ex.

Fabio Pupin / Great Lakes Bush Viper, (Atheris nitschei), hanging from branch in swamp, Kahuzi-Biega NP, Democratic Republic of Congo, November . Non-ex.

Fabio Pupin / Great Lakes Bush Viper, (Atheris nitschei), hanging from branch in swamp, Kahuzi-Biega NP, Democratic Republic of Congo, November . Non-ex.

Fabio Pupin / Johnston's three-horned chameleon, (Trioceros johnstoni), female on tree branch, Kahuzi-Biega NP, Democratic Republic of Congo, November . Non-ex.

Fabio Pupin / African egg-eating snake, (Dasypeltis atra), hanging from branch, Kahuzi-Biega NP, Democratic Republic of Congo, November . Non-ex.

Fabio Pupin / African egg-eating snake, (Dasypeltis atra), hanging from branch, Kahuzi-Biega NP, Democratic Republic of Congo, November . Non-ex.

Fabio Pupin / Johnston's three-horned chameleon, (Trioceros johnstoni), male on tree branch, Kahuzi-Biega NP, Democratic Republic of Congo, November . Non-ex.

Fabio Pupin / Circular-scaled chameleon, (Kinyongia gyrolepis), hanging from tree branch, Kahuzi-Biega NP, Democratic Republic of Congo, November . Non-ex.