A rare sign of hope as mountain gorillas welcome two sets of twins in Africa

In this week’s newsletter: Once close to extinction, the species is rebounding due to years of conservation work • Don’t get Down to Earth delivered to your inbox? Sign up here I will never forget the moment I first saw a mountain gorilla. It was early on Mount Muhabura in Uganda, and I had spent the morning stumbling up the slopes of the inactive volcano in the Virunga range, which also spans Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Just when I thought my lungs could not take it any ...

By Patrick Greenfield