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

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A natural experiment in a national park in Patagonia shows how the return of a large predator can reshape an ecosystem. Long absent from Argentinian Patagonia due to over-hunting, pumas have returned ...

Learn how an endangered species that rarely has twins is caring for two newborns — and why the coming weeks matter most.

The twins were born to a 22-year-old female named Mafuko, who lost her own mother to armed individuals. The extremely ...

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.

The birth of twin mountain gorillas in the wild is a rare and exciting event, especially for an endangered species like the mountain gorilla. In a significant development for conservation, two male ...

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 ...

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