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

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

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

A critically endangered 18-year old, western lowland gorilla named Tumani at the Audubon Zoo is pregnant. WGNO's Kenny Lopez ...

A mountain gorilla named Mafuko has given birth to twins, a "rare and remarkable event", in Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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

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

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

Around half of mountain gorillas live in the Virunga Mountains, including Mafuko's family - the Bageni family. Thanks to the newborn twins, the Bageni family now has 59 members, making it the largest ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV/Gray News) - The Cheyenne Mountain Zoo is welcoming the birth of a western lowland gorilla. The zoo team said it welcomed the baby gorilla early Monday morning. The baby ...

Twin births are rare among mountain gorillas and require heightened monitoring and protection ...

The male twins were welcomed on Jan. 3 in the Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...