Learn how flooding, dangerous wildlife, and tropical diseases could complicate Ash Dykes’s 400-mile kayak trip through the ...

While most people think of the Amazon when discussing tropical rainforests, there's another colossal green giant quietly doing incredible work for our planet. The Congo Basin rainforest spans six ...

Lush rainforest covers millions of hectares of the Democratic Republic of Congo, a central part of Earth’s natural defence against global warming — but it is under severe threat from a perfect storm ...

Mining for minerals in the Congo could help save the rainforest, former minister says - IN FOCUS: Lee White – a former ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A newly identified monkey species in Congo's rainforest reveals how much of Earth's biodiversity remains unknown. (CREDIT: Hunter ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Two 'Likweli' monkeys of a newly-identified species of Colobus monkey, discovered in Lomami National Park, sit on a tree branch, ...

BELEM, Brazil, (Reuters) – European nations are throwing their weight behind a $2.5 billion plan to save the Congo rainforest, a document seen by Reuters showed, launching a conservation scheme that ...

The Republic of the Congo became an independent nation on August 15th, 1960. Measuring in at more than two million square kilometers, Central Africa’s Congolian rainforests play host to a truly ...

European Countries Back $2.5 Billion Initiative to Protect Congo Rainforest By Lisandra Paraguassu and Simon Jessop BELEM, Brazil (Reuters) -European nations have backed a $2.5 billion plan to save ...

A rare primate hidden deep within Central Africa’s forests has stepped into scientific view, reshaping what is known about biodiversity in one of the planet’s least explored regions. Researchers have ...