The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) lists the status of mountain gorillas as "endangered" with their population at over 1,000.

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, ...

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

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

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, ...

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

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 ...

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