The Congo Basin rainforest is the second-largest tropical forest in the world, storing large volumes of carbon and hosting high levels of biodiversity. While these forests have historically stayed ...

For centuries, locals have told stories of mokele-mbembe, a legendary creature said to lurk in the Congo Basin. But as forests vanish, sightings are on the rise—offering a glimpse into how ...

Unraveling the mysteries of the world’s most critical rainforest For decades, the Congo Basin was largely invisible to climate science. Now, a new generation of Central African researchers is ...

The Congo River has risen to its highest level in more than 60 years, causing flooding throughout the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Congo Republic that has killed more than 300 people ...

Congo is home to most of the Congo Basin rainforest, the world's second-biggest, and most of the world's largest tropical peatland, made up of partially decomposed wetlands plant material.

Since the Congo Basin is a largely unexplored tropical rainforest, Coleman suggests that when people go exploring in a mysterious state of mind and spot a new, unidentified creature, they assume ...

The Tridom (Tri-national Dja -Odzala- Minkebe) project area is within the world’s second largest expanse of rainforest: the Western Congo Basin Moist Forest Ecoregion of Central Africa. This is the ...

To save the Congo basin rainforest, end the conflict in the DRC Lasting peace can stop deforestation of the world’s second-largest rainforest.

Unidentified illnesses have killed more than 50 people in north-western Congo's Equateur province over the past five weeks, with nearly half of the victims dying within hours of falling ill ...