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Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo announced a rare birth of mountain gorilla twins. Virunga National Park The Democratic Republic of Congo’s Virunga National Park rang in ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mafuko, a 22-year-old mountain gorilla, was spotted holding twins, which the park says are both male. Virunga National Park With ...

An endangered mountain gorilla has given birth to twins in the Virunga National Park in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, whose remarkable biodiversity has long been threatened by the region's ...

The twins were born to a 22-year-old female named Mafuko, who lost her own mother to armed individuals. The extremely endangered species currently numbers at just over 1,000. Mafuko, a 22-year-old ...

With just over 1,000 mountain gorillas left in the wild, any evidence of reproduction is cause for celebration. But the news out of the Democratic Republic of Congo this week is doubly exciting—a ...

The birth of twin mountain gorillas in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is raising hopes for the survival of one of the world’s most threatened great apes. “For me, it is a huge sign of hope and ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A national park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo recently celebrated a rare twin birth of mountain gorillas. The Virunga ...