War not only destroys habitats, it also arms the people living within them. When conflict descends on a region, the institutional architecture of wildlife protection collapses almost immediately ...

Congo’s government and Rwanda-backed M23 rebels are accusing each other of violating terms of a ceasefire deal aimed at ...

Carbon that has been buried in the Congo Basin's peatlands for millennia is seeping into lakes and rivers. Why this is happening remains unclear, but researchers warn that tropical peatlands could be ...

The attack struck a residential area of Goma, killing an employee of the U.N.’s children’s agency and two others amid a sharp ...

Over the last decade, towns in the north of North Kivu province in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have seen the increasing migration of Indigenous Batwa people, according to censuses seen by ...

A series of explosions attributed to drones has killed at least one person as the attack rocked downtown Goma in eastern Congo.

Global Witness strongly condemns the shocking attack on March 3 on the Lusinga headquarters of the Upemba National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Seven staff memb ...

A baby okapi has made his first foray into public view after being born at a Yorkshire zoo. Yorkshire Wildlife Park (YWP), ...

Prince William has released a statement expressing his deep sorrow following the fatal attack at Upemba National Park in the ...

The report details how two lakes in the Democratic Republic of Congo are releasing carbon from surrounding peatlands.

The fungus Fusarium xylarioides causes wilt in coffee plants, ultimately killing them. By studying their genetics, scientists hope to better understand and prevent this disease.

In the warm, humid savannahs and forests of sub-Saharan Africa dwells a tribe of flower beetles in the genus Golianthus, named after the Biblical giant due to their huge size. Along with these insects ...