Near a river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo sat a temporary pond, doomed to dry up eventually. Inside swam a ...

Near a river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo sat a seasonal pond, formed during the wet season and already shrinking.

The report, titled "New Life in the Congo Basin: A Decade of Species Discoveries," breaks down the discoveries of 742 new species in the Congo Basin, the second-largest rainforest and river basin ...

The Congo River is a long, arcing river in West-Central Africa, ... For comparison, the Nile River has about 800 unique species of fish, and the Mississippi River has about 100.

SAN FRANCISCO — A mysterious case of dying fish in the lower Congo River helped scientists discover that this body is the deepest river on the planet. It's also a place where raging rapids ...

Animals: Congo. 3 minute read. ... At last, late this May, the Buta okapi boarded a side-wheel steamer at Stanleyville and started down the Congo River. At Leopoldville, where the rapids begin, ...

Scientists are finding species in the lower Congo River that exist nowhere else in the world, Smithsonian.com reports. There are more than 300 species in ...

Stiassny thinks the river's power is shaping evolution in the Congo. New species evolve when some geographic barrier—a mountain range, an ocean, a glacier—divides a population.

My Congo represents his first opportunity to film in his native country and to be in front of the camera as he takes viewers to his favorite places to witness the diversity of wildlife, stunning ...

The turbulent lower Congo River, home to hundreds of fish species, is not only Earth's deepest river; it also presents biologists with an intriguing window into evolution.