Emily Chung

A mountain gorilla has given birth to twins in war-ravaged eastern Congo, a national park announced on Wednesday, in what it described as "a major event" for the endangered subspecies. The birth of the two male gorillas to a mother named Mafuko was discov... See more

A spider with extra-long genitalia (for a good reason); a carnivorous caterpillar that wears its prey's body parts; and a tiny, mountain-dwelling opossum are among the cool new species described by science in 2025. A new recent study reports that about 16... See more

The holiday season is the one time a year where it is socially acceptable to eat cookies for breakfast, lunch, dinner and dessert. When the semester is over, I finally have free time, an empty kitchen and the urge to whip up an excessive amount of treats.... See more

Mystery at the museum: what are the stories behind thousands of objects from Africa? Manchester Museum cares for more than 40,000 objects from across Africa, many of which were collected during the period of the British Empire. They arrived by different m... See more

This could be an unusually good year to spot snowy owls in southern Canada. This past weekend, the Owl Foundation, an owl rehabilitation centre based in Ontario's Niagara region, reported in a Facebook post that it had already admitted two young snowy owl... See more