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 litany of conflicts.
Gorilla mother Gana carries her dead baby at Münster Zoo on 20 August 2008. Mourning for the gorilla female "Gana": her keeper found the animal on Sunday, 17 January 2010
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Democratic Republic Of Congo
Trackers in DR Congo's Virunga National Park spotted the babies being hugged by their mother on Saturday.
Virunga park ranger says babies are well cared for by mother Mafuko but high infant mortality makes first weeks critical
Once close to extinction, the species is rebounding due to years of conservation work
I due piccoli sono stati avvistati in braccio alla mamma e sono in buone condizioni di salute
As a child, Dominique Bikaba, was displaced by a new national park in the DRC. Now he is helping to secure land for wildlife and…
Patrick Greenfield hikes up the Virunga mountains in east Africa to trace the remarkable comeback of the mountain gorilla
