While the birth is sparking joy, infant mountain gorillas are vulnerable, and twins can be twice as hard for a mother to take ...

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.

Trackers in DR Congo's Virunga National Park spotted the babies being hugged by their mother on Saturday.

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

The Bageni family has a pair of blue balloons outside their mailbox, after this Congolese gorilla clan welcomed twins.

A rare double arrival has been recorded in one of the world's most dangerous places to be a gorilla. Virunga National Park in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo says a 22-year-old ...

Virunga park ranger says babies are well cared for by mother Mafuko but high infant mortality makes first weeks critical ...

An endangered mountain gorilla has given birth to twins in the Democratic Republic of Congo, whose remarkable biodiversity ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mafuko, who is 22 years old, and her twins will be closely monitored by staff at Virunga National Park to support them at this ...

Mafuko, an endangered mountain gorilla, holds the twins she gave birth to in the Virunga National Park, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo - Copyright AFP Octavio ...