Unraveling the mysteries of the world’s most critical rainforest. For decades, the Congo Basin was largely invisible to climate science. Now, a new generation of Central African researchers is ...

The Congo has been a notable exception to this extreme deforesting trend—but that’s partly because the rainforest has played host to one of the bloodiest sustained conflicts since the Second ...

A vast rainforest stretches for 1,500 miles across central Africa. The mighty Congo River and its tributaries are the main highways into this hard-to-reach region.

World’s second biggest rainforest will soon reopen to large-scale logging. The lifting of the 20-year logging moratorium in part of the Congo is fueling disputes over how the forest can be kept ...

KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo — The United States will work with local leaders here in the Congo River basin to ensure that planned fossil-fuel extraction won’t result in a climate ...

Tech & Science Scientists fight to protect DR Congo rainforest as threats increase. Spanning several countries in central Africa, the Congo Basin rainforest covers an immense area and is home to a ...

The Congo Rainforest, often referred to as the Earth’s second lung, is one of the most biodiverse places on the planet. This verdant expanse captures the imagination not only for its lush ...

Historically used models of protecting the Congo Rainforest are not without their problems. While national parks effectively protect a forest in a literal sense, ...

For centuries, at least, the indigenous Bantu peoples of Central, East, and Southern Africa have traded tales of a lumbering ...

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 ...

A tower bristling with sensors juts above the canopy in northern Democratic Republic of Congo, measuring carbon dioxide emitted from the world's second-largest tropical rainforest. Paris Olympics 2024 ...