UNICEF accused “armed men” of raping scores of children in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which has been ravaged by ...

By John Cannon The past three years have been turbulent for the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a region that has ...

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels who in late January captured Goma, the biggest city in eastern Congo, have since been advancing around one of Africa's great lakes, Lake Kivu, towards the second-biggest city ...

The U.N. refugee agency voiced concern at the "rapidly deteriorating" situation in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo ...

World Bonobo Day highlights the urgent need to protect bonobos from habitat destruction, poaching, and deforestation.

Some efforts to preserve or rewild natural habitats are shifting harmful land use to other parts of the world—and this could ...

Six zebras wore video cameras attached to collars, capturing the equines’ daily life. Sticking with giraffes may let the two species protect each other.

After conducting research in Ecuador and Colombia, Rebecca Tarvin, assistant professor in the Department of Integrative ...

Often dismissed as pests, rats have long been misunderstood. But the African giant pouched rat (Cricetomys ansorgei), the world’s longest, is challenging that perception. With its intelligence and ...

Some animals seem out of place at first glance. Sometimes that can be chalked up to the limits of imagination, but other ...

Bird flu is forcing farmers to slaughter millions of chickens a month, pushing U.S. egg prices to more than double their cost in the summer of 2023.