For centuries, locals have told stories of mokele-mbembe, a legendary creature said to lurk in the Congo Basin. But as ...

Authorities protecting the Gabonese segment of Central Africa’s biggest forest elephant stronghold ... is the root cause of these massive elephant killings,” he concluded. Massive quantities of ...

For centuries, at least, the indigenous Bantu peoples of Central, East, and Southern Africa have traded tales of a lumbering ...

These strange, sudden canopy gaps, called bais, are located only in the rainforests of the Congo Basin of west ... lowland gorilla and the African forest elephant," Hockridge said.

DESCRIPTION: Forest elephants are the smaller of the two African elephant species ... The majority of remaining forest elephant populations occur in Central Africa, in the countries of Gabon, ...

Global Witness said that none of Congo's €87 million in timber production appeared to comply with international timber trade laws. Over half of the Congo ... like the forest elephant and the ...

PROTECTION STATUS: Listed as a single species (“African elephant,” Loxodonta africana) as “threatened” with a 4(d) rule for ivory trade RANGE: Forest elephants live ... Democratic Republic of the ...

See All Key Ideas Cacao cultivation is a major threat to the Congo Basin rainforest, with new research showing just where expanding cultivation could imperil the region’s rich wildlife.

For centuries, at least, the indigenous Bantu peoples of Central, East, and Southern Africa have traded tales of a lumbering creature living in the Congo River Basin. The alleged dinosaur-like ...