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

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

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

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

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

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

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

BWINDI, Uganda (AP) — News of a sick or injured mountain gorilla can worry local residents in this mountainous area that’s home to the endangered species. That’s partly because most of the gorillas ...

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

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