In the heart of the Congo Basin, the Republic of Congo protects a globally significant rainforest, covering over 60% of the nation. T ...

The Congo Basin spans 3.4 million square kilometres, making it almost six times the size of the UK, which measures around 242,000 square kilometres. It is also Africa’s biggest rainforest and ...

After a century of decreased sightings, reports of a long-necked water monster the size of a hippopotamus are once again rising. What gives?

Salonga National Park is Africa's largest tropical rainforest reserve. Situated at the heart of the central basin of the Congo river, the park is very isolated and accessible only by water. It is the ...

The first roads that cut through rainforests are well-known conduits ... of secondary roads in the Congo Basin, 9.8 km (6 mi) in New Guinea, and a striking 49.1 km (30.5 mi) in the Brazilian ...

For decades, the Congo Basin was largely invisible to climate science. Now, a new generation of Central African researchers is revealing unexpected ways to protect the planet. For 162 million ...