‘Extraordinary event’ for mountain gorillas as new twins born in DRC

<p>Conservationists celebrate second twin birth just two months after another set discovered in Virunga national park</p><p>A second set of mountain gorilla twins has been born in Virunga national park in the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/congo">Democratic Republic of the Congo</a> (DRC), in what conservationists are celebrating as an “extraordinary” event for the endangered primates.</p><p>Just two months after <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/17/twin-baby-mountain-gorilla-virunga-drc-survival-conservation-aoe">tiny twin mountain gorillas were discovered by rangers</a> in the Virunga massif, in eastern DRC, another rare twin birth has been found by park wardens. This time, an infant male and female have been spotted in the Baraka family, a troop of 19 mountain gorillas that roam the region’s high-altitude rainforests.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/24/mountain-gorillas-twins-born-drc-aoe">Continue reading...</a>