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There’s no dinosaur island in the real world, but people living and working in and around Odzala-Kokoua National Park have reported sightings of their own dinosaur menace. Those sightings are on ...

Oil exploration in the Congo rainforest would be a pollution disaster for communities that depend on it and for wildlife.

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 Belgian empire invaded the Congo rainforest during the late 19th century and swiftly established itself as the cruelest imperial force in Africa.

Hundreds of scientists at the United Nations COP28 climate summit on Sunday launched a research coalition aimed at correcting a historic lack of information about the Congo River basin and its ...

Spanning several countries in central Africa, the Congo Basin rainforest covers an immense area and is home to a dizzying array of species.

Licensing rights for 30 oil and gas blocks in the Democratic Republic of Congo went up for auction on Thursday, opening parts of the world's second-biggest rainforest to drilling that could ...

This means the Congo Basin is now the only tropical rainforest in the world with enough trees still standing to absorb substantially more CO2 than it emits. It stretches across six countries but the ...

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 ...