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

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

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

The birth of the two male gorillas to a mother named Mafuko was discovered on January 3, and the twins "appeared to be in ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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