The population of the world’s last mountain gorillas has rebounded by 73% since 1989, allowing the subspecies to be ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Something extraordinary is unfolding in the misty volcanic highlands of eastern Congo. Within just three months, two sets of twins ...

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An estimated 1,050 to 1,063 mountain gorillas survive in the wild. Every birth matters — and twin births, which occur in less than 1% of all gorilla births, are nearly unheard of. That’s why two sets ...

Two sets of twins born just three months apart in one of the world’s most protected gorilla habitats have stunned conservationists and offered a hopeful sign for a species that remains endangered. The ...

12:00, Mon, Apr 6, 2026 Updated: 12:13, Mon, Apr 6, 2026 Revenue from mountain gorilla tourism has created some tension between conservationists working to protect the species and local communities ...

In eastern Congo’s Virunga National Park, researchers are marveling at a rare sight: two sets of mountain gorilla twins born within three months. Twin births occur in less than one percent of mountain ...

High in the misty forests of East Africa, mountain gorillas are rewriting a story once headed for extinction. Their rare conservation success is a fragile victory that could easily be undone by ...

Originally published in the April 1981 issue of National Geographic. Dian Fossey reports from the field on the death of Digit ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - The Memphis Zoo welcomed a new gorilla who is reuniting with two other gorillas from her past. According to zoo officials, 29-year-old western lowland gorilla Ndjole comes from the ...