Barges plying the Congo River carry the lion's share of goods to the giant county's remote interior. Life aboard is a colorful, cacophonous menagerie of humans and animals. Some of the monkeys and ...

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 ...

Congo, officially known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), is a country located in central Africa. It is the second-largest country in Africa by land area and the eleventh largest 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.

A river boat sank in western Democratic Republic of Congo, killing at least 22 people after the overcrowded upper deck collapsed, a local official told Reuters on Wednesday.

Africa's Congo River claims many titles, including being home to the highest number of unique species in the world.

Africa's second-longest river that's the world's deepest and passes through 7 countries The river stretches for 2,900 miles (4,700 km) and is Africa's second-longest river after the Nile.

A mountain collapse in the Democratic Republic of Congo revealed massive copper reserves while leading to a discussion on colonialism.

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 ...

Of these centres, the lower Guinea area (the coast from the mouth of Niger River to the mouth of the Congo River) is regarded as the richest. Reports indicate high levels of endemism both in lowland ...

In the final entry of a four-part series on the Democratic Republic of Congo, the BBC world affairs correspondent Mark Doyle follows in the footsteps of revolutionary Che Guevara in Uvira, in the ...

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.