Virunga National Park Witnesses an ‘Extraordinary’ Double Mountain Gorilla Twin Birth

An estimated 1,050 to 1,063 mountain gorillas survive in the wild. Every birth matters — and twin births, which occur in less ...

2 Sets of Mountain Gorilla Twins Beat the Odds Amid Eastern Congo’s Ongoing Instability

Something extraordinary is unfolding in the misty volcanic highlands of eastern Congo. Within just three months, two sets of ...
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Earth from Space: Virunga Mountains, Central Africa

This Sentinel-1 radar composite image features the Virunga Mountains in East Africa: a chain of volcanoes stretching across Rwanda’s northern border with Uganda and east into the Democratic Republic ...
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‘Extraordinary’: Second set of rare mountain gorilla twins born in DRC’s Virunga

Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo recorded the birth of a second set of mountain gorilla twins this year. According to park authorities, the twins were born into the Baraka ...
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Science history: Dian Fossey found murdered, after decades protecting gorillas that she loved — Dec. 27, 1985

In late December 1985, a worker opened the door to a remote cabin in the Virunga Mountains of Rwanda and encountered a horrific scene: Gorilla researcher Dian Fossey, whose aggressive approach to ...
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Mount Nyiragongo, Mount Mikeno, and Mount Karisimbi, Virunga Mountains, Congo (Democratic Republic)

The Virunga Mountains are a chain of volcanoes in East Africa, along the northern border of Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda. The mountain range is a branch of the ...