Mountain gorillas are back from the brink. But what happens if they run out of room?

<p>Humans have helped save the great apes from extinction, but are now the biggest threat to their survival as they compete for land in east Africa’s Virunga mountains</p><p>• Photographs by Badru Katumba for the Guardian</p><p>It is sunrise on mount Muhabura, an inactive volcano on the Ugandan-Rwandan border, and Dr Benard Ssebide is in a rush to find a family of mountain gorillas before the tourists arrive. A mass of ferns, vines and thistles encroaches on the path, and the guides hack through brambles with machetes. Above, the forest whistles in the wind, glowing in the morning light.</p><p>“The higher you go, the more the mountain pushes back,” Ssebide says, pausing for breath.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/sep/27/wildlife-endangered-mountain-gorillas-conservation-habitat-national-parks-virunga-uganda-rwanda-drc-aoe">Continue reading...</a>