As the people of Congo report an increase in the sightings of the dinosaur Mokele-Mbembe, doubts arise about this fabled ...
After a century of decreased sightings, reports of a long-necked water monster the size of a hippopotamus are once again ...
For centuries, at least, the indigenous Bantu peoples of Central, East, and Southern Africa have traded tales of a lumbering ...
The Okapi Wildlife Reserve occupies about one-fifth of the Ituri forest in the north-east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Congo river basin, of which the reserve and forest are a part, is ...
Timber is big business on the river—and ... More than 2,000 species of animals live in the Congo River Basin. The greatest threat to many is the commercial wildlife trade. Local people depend ...
Home to endangered species and ancient communities, it covers more land than most people realise. The Congo Basin spans 3.4 million square kilometres, making it almost six times the size of the UK ...
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 habitat of many endemic endangered species, such as the dwarf ...