Google Doodle Pays Tribute to Zoologist Dian Fossey

Today's Google Doodle celebrates the birthday of Dian Fossey, American zoologist best known for her study of gorillas

Fossey studied gorilla groups over the period of 18 years in Africa, founding the Karisoke Research Center in Rwanda. A lot of her work consisted of preventing the killing of gorillas by poachers; after one of her favorite gorillas named Digit was killed, she founded the Digit Fund with the purpose of raising money for anti-poaching patrols

Fossey was killed in her cabin in 1985; the perpetrator was never found Read more...