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

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

A mountain gorilla named Mafuko gives birth to twins, a "rare and remarkable event", in Virunga National Park in the ...

Conservationists at Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo have announced the rare birth of mountain ...

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

Rare twin mountain gorillas born in DR Congo’s Virunga National Park are raising hopes for the survival of the endangered ...

When the Rwandan government officially designated mountain gorillas by name, it underscored the significance of each gorilla to the nation and emphasized the necessity of safeguarding both the ...

In the impossibly abundant rainforests of central Africa, one of the world’s great travel experiences awaits. Mountain gorillas live in only three countries—Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo and ...

The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) lists the status of mountain gorillas as "endangered" with their population at over 1,000.