At sunset, humid air rises and cools over the canopy, creating clouds of mist. New research in the Congo Basin is revealing how this daily rhythm of the world’s second largest rainforest ...

World Elusive rainforest animals seen on high-definition trail cameras in Congo. ‘Amazing’ By Aspen Pflughoeft February 27, 2025 10:06 AM ...

For centuries, at least, the indigenous Bantu peoples of Central, East, and Southern Africa have traded tales of a lumbering creature living in the Congo River Basin. The alleged dinosaur-like ...

Elephants and gorillas that live in the Republic of the Congo’s rainforests spend a lot of time hiding in the shadows—or so we thought. Using drone surveys and artificial-intelligence ...

Rainforest transformation reallocates energy from green to brown food webs. Nature, 2024; DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07083-y ...

Original publication: Potapov, A.M. et al. Rainforest transformation reallocates energy from green to brown food webs. Nature (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07083-y.

War and deforestation have a complicated relationship.The Belgian empire invaded the Congo rainforest during the late 19th century and swiftly established itself as the cruelest imperial force in ...

Hundreds of scientists at the United Nations COP28 climate summit on Sunday launched a research coalition aimed at correcting a historic lack of information about the Congo River basin and its ...