In the forested slopes of eastern Congo, a single birth has given conservationists a rare reason to celebrate. A wild ...

The twins were born to a 22-year-old female named Mafuko, who lost her own mother to armed individuals. The extremely ...

A wild mountain gorilla has given birth twins in Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The newborns, ...

Rare twins born to mountain gorilla family in Virunga National Park - The twin boys appeared to be healthy when they were ...

Mafuko, the mom of the twins, was born in 2003 but her mother was shot dead and she later joined a different family, ...

Virunga, situated in a conflict-prone part of DR Congo, is Africa's oldest and largest national park and was set up 100 years ...

An endangered mountain gorilla has given birth to twins in the Virunga National Park in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, ...

Learn how an endangered species that rarely has twins is caring for two newborns — and why the coming weeks matter most.

Around half of mountain gorillas live in the Virunga Mountains, including Mafuko's family - the Bageni family. Thanks to the ...

Rare mountain gorilla twins discovered inside Congo’s Virunga Park are drawing global attention, offering fragile hope for an ...

The birth increases the Bageni family to 59 individuals, making it the largest gorilla family currently living in the park.