Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo — Anthrax poisoning has killed about 50 hippos in Virunga, Africa's oldest national park, which is located in the Democratic Republic of Congo's troubled east ...

The disease has been connected to the deaths of animals at Virunga National Park in Africa's Democratic Republic of the Congo Ingrid Vasquez is a Digital News Writer at PEOPLE. She graduated from ...

Virunga National Park (PNVi in French) was created on April 21, 1925, in what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) by the royal decree from Belgium, its then-colonizing nation.

See All Key Ideas The intensifying security crisis in parts of the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) over the years is undermining wildlife protection in Virunga National Park ...

The naturally occurring form of anthrax took down the behemoths in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Virunga National Park — with officials warning that the spore-forming bacterium ...

Africa is experiencing a rapid growth in population, with some 1.5 billion people currently living on the continent. Since ...

War-Hit Congo Park Turns to Chocolate Gorillas in Conservation Push By Gradel Muyisa BENI, Democratic Republic of Congo ... chocolate gorillas. Virunga National Park in war-ravaged eastern ...

Five rangers and their driver have been killed at the Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a spokesman says. The group was killed in an ambush by suspected rebels operating ...

At least 50 hippopotamuses died from anthrax poisoning in Virunga National Park, the oldest African national park located in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Park officials confirmed that the ...