Second rare gorilla twins born in three months

What's better than gorilla twins? More gorilla twins!

Back in January this year, a rare set of baby mountain gorilla twins were found Virunga national park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

And now, another set of twins, this time a boy and a girl, have been found in the park, a discovery conservationists are calling "extraordinary".

The new twins have been born into the Baraka family, a group of 19 gorillas that live in the rainforests in the park.

Laura Parker, Head of Conservation Programmes at Virunga National Park told BBC Newsround: "When the Rangers discovered the second twin birth among the mountain gorillas in less than 3 months at the Park, there was a real sense of joy across the team."

She said that because it can be difficult for baby gorillas to grow up safely, park wardens are providing them with some help, but that the rest of the troop (what a group of gorillas is called) are also being very supportive of mum and the new babies.

It's very rare for gorillas to have twins - in fact, they only account for 1% of all mountain gorilla births.

In the 1970s, there were only around 250 mountain gorillas left in the wild, and they were classed as critically endangered, which means they were at risk of not existing on our planet at all.

But their numbers have been steadily increasing thanks to efforts to help them, and in 2018 they were downgraded to just 'endangered', with over 1000 of the primates known to scientists.