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

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

A mountain gorilla has given birth to twins in a national park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The happy news was ...

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

In Rwanda's Volcanoes National Park, the last thousand endangered mountain gorillas live in the wild. Tourism for the gorillas has helped support conservation efforts and transformed communities. Are ...

Where Do Mountain Gorillas Live? As their name suggests, mountain gorillas live at high elevations deep in the forests of mountain ranges. Their range extends in Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable National ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON — There are more gorillas in the mist — a rare conservation success story, scientists say. After facing near-extinction, mountain gorillas are slowly rebounding. On Wednesday, the ...

Unusual for animals from a biological point of view, female mountain gorillas often live many years after last giving birth – just like people. This may be to care for their young, according to ...

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