H igh-definition trail cameras at a national park in the Republic of the Congo revealed a “truly breathtaking” glimpse of ...

Last week four gorillas were slaughtered in Congo. With hunting on the rise, our most majestic animals are facing a new extinction crisis.

The Congo Rainforest, often referred to as the Earth’s second lung, is one of the most biodiverse places on the planet. This verdant expanse captures the imagination not only for its lush ...

Unsustainable hunting of forest elephants, gorillas, forest antelopes, and other seed-dispersers could have long-term impacts on the health and resilience of Congo Basin rainforests, warns a study ...

Longtime Congo expert Terese Hart put it this way: ... But today, with no forest, no animals, "the Pygmies have been marginalized in little slums on the edge of towns, ...

Animals: Congo. 3 minute read. TIME. August 16, 1937 12:00 AM GMT-4. ... They had captured him 90 miles away in the surrounding Ituri Forest, a jungle so dense that only a pygmy can penetrate it.

Baïs are unique to the Congo Basin’s forests, and new research is underway to understand the role these mineral-rich pockets play as a supplement to the elephants’ diet, how this sustains the ...

There are only two places on Earth—the Amazon and the Congo—where forests ... a team of scientists led by Marion Pfeifer at Newcastle University has shown that 85 percent of forest animals ...

The animals aren’t necessarily safe today, though—researchers working on the ground in the two reserves in Congo have reported scattered populations of humans deep in remote forest.

High-definition trail cameras at a park in the Republic of the Congo reveal elusive rainforest animals. A photo shows two African forest elephants. Photo from Will Burrard-Lucas and Wildlife ...

Ituri Forest, Congo? They emerge from the stillness of the rainforest like a lost tribe of prehistoric warriors forgotten by time — a barefoot band of Mbuti Pygmies wielding iron-tipped spears.