U.S. funded treatments in the country have helped reduce deaths from HIV/AIDS to around 14,000 a year, from as high as 200,000.

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 ...

High resolution cameras at park in Republic of the Congo reveal elusive rainforest animals such as elephants & leopard, organization said.

Sightings of the Congo River Basin's dinosaur-like mokele-mbembe are increasingly common. Here's why.

In a dense Republic of Congo rainforest, scientists have mapped a network of strangely open clearings where wild beasts go to eat and hang out ...

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, youngsters are meeting with governments and scientists to discuss efforts to protect the Congo Basin rainforest. The meeting comes ahead of a huge conference ...

A study provides insights into how energy flows in the food webs that connect soil- and canopy-dwelling organisms in tropical ecosystems with high biodiversity. When rainforest is converted to ...

Converting rainforest to plantation impacts food webs and biodiversity Date: February 21, 2024 Source: University of Göttingen Summary: Every day, new areas of rainforests are converted into ...

The researchers demonstrate that the conversion of rainforest into plantations erodes and restructures food webs and fundamentally changes the way they function. The results were published in Nature.

The Belgian empire invaded the Congo rainforest during the late 19th century and swiftly established itself as the cruelest imperial force in Africa.

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 ...