While the birth is sparking joy, infant mountain gorillas are vulnerable, and twins can be twice as hard for a mother to take ...

Virunga park ranger says babies are well cared for by mother Mafuko but high infant mortality makes first weeks critical ...

A mountain gorilla named Mafuko has given birth to twins, a "rare and remarkable event", in Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

An endangered mountain gorilla has given birth to twins in the Virunga National Park in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, whose remarkable biodiversity has long been threatened by the region's ...

With just over 1,000 mountain gorillas left in the wild, any evidence of reproduction is cause for celebration. But the news out of the Democratic Republic of Congo this week is doubly exciting—a ...

The birth of twin mountain gorillas in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is raising hopes for the survival of one of the world’s most threatened great apes. “For me, it is a huge sign of hope and ...

A mountain gorilla has given birth to twins in war-ravaged eastern Congo, a national park said on Wednesday, in what it described as “a major event” for the endangered subspecies. The birth of the two ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mafuko, a female mountain gorilla from the Bageni family holds her newly born twins at the Virunga National Park, Democratic ...

The male twins were welcomed on Jan. 3 in the Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mafuko, who is 22 years old, and her twins will be closely monitored by staff at Virunga National Park to support them at this ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Double trouble! Endangered mountain gorilla gives birth to twins. There’s been double baby joy for one of the world’s most ...