The twins “appeared to be in healthy condition at the time of the observation,” Congo's Virunga National Park said.

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

A national park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo recently celebrated a rare twin birth of mountain gorillas.The ...

Conservationists at Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo have announced the rare birth of mountain ...

Virunga, situated in a conflict-prone part of DR Congo, is Africa's oldest and largest national park and was set up 100 years ...

Dian Fossey was a zoologist who spent decades studying the elusive mountain gorillas of Congo and Rwanda before she was ...

A gorilla at Congo Falls, the new two-acre habitat at the San Antonio Zoo. The seven recently-arrived gorillas didn't go ...

KINSHASA (Reuters) - United Nations peacekeepers in Congo have used helicopters to airlift endangered baby gorillas to a sanctuary after they were rescued in a conflict zone where they faced being ...

SAN ANTONIO — San Antonio Zoo hosted a ribbon cutting and grand opening of its long-awaited gorilla habitat, Congo Falls, on Saturday. Congo Falls is an immersive experience, including three distrinct ...

KINSHASA, Congo — Rangers and 300 villagers abandoned a gorilla reserve in eastern Congo as government soldiers battled troops loyal to a renegade general in sections of the park. Sporadic clashes ...

Just over a year ago, Andre Bauma and his adopted daughter Ndakasi huddled together as bombs, rockets and mortars rent the air. Bauma recalls holding Ndakasi and stroking her thick, dark hair. They ...

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