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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Ndakasi, a mountain ...

A new census of mountain gorillas in the Virunga Massif will help gauge the impact of conservation work in the area and play a vital role in guiding future efforts to safeguard the critically ...

Learn how an endangered species that rarely has twins is caring for two newborns — and why the coming weeks matter most. With only about 1,000 mountain gorillas left on Earth, every birth matters. But ...

This Sentinel-1 radar composite image features the Virunga Mountains in East Africa: a chain of volcanoes stretching across Rwanda’s northern border with Uganda and east into the Democratic Republic ...

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 ...

On Tuesday, September 22, 2015, I sat in Kinshasa and watched ministers from the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda sign a remarkable treaty, witnessed by a senior delegation from Uganda, ...

KINSHASA, Congo – Ndakasi, a mountain gorilla who famously posed for a selfie with a ranger at Congo’s Virunga National Park, has died at 14 after a long illness, the park said. “It is with heartfelt ...