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

The Bageni family has a pair of blue balloons outside their mailbox, after this Congolese gorilla clan welcomed twins.

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

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

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

A wild mountain gorilla named Mafuko has given birth to twins in a Democratic Republic of Congo national park. The twins are male and both appeared to be healthy, staff from Virunga National Park said ...

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

A new census of mountain gorillas in the Virunga Massif will help gauge the impact of conservation work in the area and play a vital role in guiding future efforts to safeguard the critically ...

Celebrations marking the 80th anniversary of Congo’s Virunga National Park, one of Africa’s oldest parks, were dampened with the recent murder of a ranger by rebels who use the park as a military base ...

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