While the birth is sparking joy, infant mountain gorillas are vulnerable, and twins can be twice as hard for a mother to take ...

Recent research indicates that female gorillas can, and often do, overpower males twice their size, especially in non-alpha ...

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

In the forested slopes of eastern Congo, a single birth has given conservationists a rare reason to celebrate. A wild ...

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

Mountain gorillas in Virunga National Park have received a glimmer of hope with the birth of two rare twins, raising spirits ...

Two mountain gorillas seen in the Virunga National Park, near the Uganda border in eastern Congo, 25 November 2008 ...

A mountain gorilla has given birth to twins in war-ravaged eastern Congo, a national park said on Wednesday, in what it described as "a major event" for the endangered subspecies.

(Reuters) — A mountain gorilla has given birth to twins in war-ravaged eastern Congo, a national park said on Wednesday, in what it described as “a major event” for the endangered subspecies. (Reuters ...

The male twins were born on Jan. 3 in the Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Kirsty Hatcher is an Associate Editor on the People.com Morning Team. She has been working at ...

Wild mountain gorilla Mafuko gave birth to twins in Virunga National Park on Jan. 3, the park announced on social media "Both appeared to be in healthy condition at the time of the observation," the ...