At least 50 hippopotamuses died from anthrax poisoning in Virunga National Park, the oldest African national park located in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Park officials confirmed that the dead ...

Wild mountain gorilla Mafuko gave birth to twins in Virunga National Park on Jan. 3, the park announced on social media "Both appeared to be in healthy condition at the time of the observation," the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mafuko, a 22-year-old mountain gorilla, was spotted holding twins, which the park says are both male. Virunga National Park With ...

The disease has been connected to the deaths of animals at Virunga National Park in Africa's Democratic Republic of the Congo Ingrid Vasquez is a Digital News Writer at PEOPLE. She graduated from The ...

Two pictures of park rangers posing for selfies with gorillas went viral in November 2024 when the X account Nature Is Amazing posted them (archived). "Anti-Poachers in the DR Congo taking a selfie ...

VIRUNGA NATIONAL PARK, Congo -- Move over, Kim Kardashian: there's a new queen of selfies -- two of them, in fact. The internet is fawning over a selfie featuring two gorillas, Ndakazi and Ndeze, and ...

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Celebrations marking the 80th anniversary of Congo’s Virunga National Park, one of Africa’s oldest parks, were dampened with the recent murder of a ranger by rebels who use the park as a military base ...

Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. The eastern reaches of the Democratic Republic of Congo are no ...