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A rare sign of hope as mountain gorillas welcome two sets of twins in Africa

The Guardian 10 Apr 2026
I will never forget the moment I first saw a mountain gorilla ... Nine mountain gorillas – all members of the Nyakagezi family – were having their breakfast around me.
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Mountain Gorilla Population Gets Rare Double Boost With Two Sets of Twins in 2026

The Miami Herald 09 Apr 2026
“Two instances of twin births within three months is an extraordinary event.” ... .
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‘Extraordinary’: Second set of rare mountain gorilla twins born in DRC’s Virunga

Mongabay 30 Mar 2026
Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo recorded the birth of a second set of mountain gorilla twins this year ... Mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei), a subspecies of the ...
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Rare mountain gorilla twins born in DR Congo: park authorities

Vincennes Sun-Commercial 26 Mar 2026
In a rare occurrence in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, twin mountain gorillas were recently born in the Virunga National Park, renowned for its biodiversity but threatened by conflict ... .
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Rare mountain gorilla twins born in national park again

CBS News 26 Mar 2026
Twin mountain gorillas were recently born in the Virunga National Park, renowned for its biodiversity but threatened by conflict ... .
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"Exceptionally Rare" Mountain Gorilla Twins Born – For The Second Time This Year

IFL Science 26 Mar 2026
What's in the water at Virunga National Park? Just a couple of months after welcoming a set of mountain gorilla twins at the start of 2026, another gorilla family in the park has done the same.The rest of this article is behind a paywall.
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‘Extraordinary event’ for mountain gorillas as new twins born in DRC

The Guardian 24 Mar 2026
A second set of mountain gorilla twins has been born in Virunga national park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), in what ...
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Census estimates 426 chimpanzees share habitat with mountain gorillas in Uganda's Bwindi Forest

China.dot.org 24 Feb 2026
24 (Xinhua) -- A new scientific census estimates that around 426 chimpanzees live alongside endangered mountain gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, a forest in southwestern Uganda dominated by gorilla habitat.
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Rare twins born in DRC raise cautious hope for endangered mountain gorillas

The Observer 18 Jan 2026
It was noon by the time Jacques Katutu first saw the newborn mountain gorillas ... Twin births in mountain gorillas are extremely rare and present significant survival challengesJacques Katutu ... The mountain gorilla twins.
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Endangered mountain gorilla gives birth to rare twins: "Major event"

CBS News 09 Jan 2026
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 ... .
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Rare twin mountain gorillas born in Congo

NBC News 09 Jan 2026
Rare twin mountain gorillas born in Congo ... .
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Twin infant mountain gorillas born in DRC

Mongabay 09 Jan 2026
The birth of twin mountain gorillas in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is raising hopes for the survival of one of the world’s most threatened great apes ... Mountain gorillas are one of two subspecies of eastern gorillas (G.
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Incredibly Rare Mountain Gorilla Twins Have Just Been Born In The Wild

IFL Science 09 Jan 2026
The Democratic Republic of the Congo welcomed the new year with the birth of twin mountain gorillas, an exceptionally rare phenomenon among great apes.The rest of this article is behind a paywall.
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Birth of Rare Mountain Gorilla Twins Recorded in Congo Park

WhoWhatWhy 09 Jan 2026
Birth of Rare Mountain Gorilla Twins Recorded in Congo Park (Maria). The author writes, “A mountain ... Birth of Rare Mountain Gorilla Twins Recorded in Congo Park originally appeared on WhoWhatWhy .
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