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

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

A mountain gorilla has given birth to twins in war-ravaged eastern Congo, a national park said on Wednesday, in what it ...

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

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

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

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

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

Double trouble! Endangered mountain gorilla gives birth to twins. There’s been double baby joy for one of the world’s most ...

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

100 years after their discovery, numbers of the critically endangered mountain gorilla are slowly increasing. Nairobi, Kenya - Despite wars, poaching, disease, and dramatic shrinking of their mountain ...

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