High in the cold, clouded forests of Virunga National Park, where the air thins and the trees feel ancient, a miracle happened. On January 3rd, community trackers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo spotted something rarely seen: twin baby boy mountain gorillas, both miraculously alive, both clinging to their mother in the high-altitude forest. Their mother is twenty-two year old Mafuko. She is strong, experienced, and a tenacious survivor. This is the 8th time she has given birth, so she knows what it will take, but her task will not be easy. Her family, the Bageni, is the largest gorilla group in Africa’s oldest national park, a living lineage of sixty-nine bonded lives with memories and instincts moving together through the mountains. What makes this so special is that less than one percent of recorded gorilla births will result in twins, and their survival is never guaranteed. The first four weeks are everything for these fragile babies. It determines if they have a chance. It ...