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The 2013 National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest is accepting submissions through Sunday, June 30, 2013. Among the entries are stunning images of animals from around the world. Here are 13 of our favorites received so far. Photographer: Whaleshark encounter in the Bohol Sea, Philippines. ...
Jan. 31, 2013 Two mountain gorillas are seen in the Virunga National Park, near the Uganda border in eastern Congo. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay) The Republic of Congo has declared a new national park that conservationists hope will protect a core population of western lowland gorillas, a critically endangered species, as well as other threatened species, the Wildlife Conservation Society announced today (Jan. 31). The WCS discovered a population of 125,000 western lowland gorillas in the northern part of Congo in 2008. After the discovery, the Congolese government pledged to protect the area with a national park, the WCS said in a statement. The Ntokou-Pikounda National Park was finally ...
