Home to one of the world’s most diverse ecosystems, the Congo Basin casts a sprawling natural tapestry across Central Africa.

One November day in 1935 a babbling, excited band of pygmies pranced into the Catholic Mission at Buta, in the Belgian Congo, carrying with them a baby okapi, scarcely a dozen days old. They had ...

September is all about new beginnings - celebrate with these quotes 742 new animal species discovered in the Congo Basin, according to latest World Wildlife Fund report ...

A herd of life-sized wooden safari animal are on the march in the UK, but how are they made and what's it all about?

At an animal sanctuary in the Congo, young students are learning why the gentle, endangered apes known as bonobos should be seen as a national treasure.

Animals are talking — will the legal system listen? If we can understand what nonhumans are saying, the debate shifts to whether they should have human rights ...

After a century of decreased sightings, reports of a long-necked water monster the size of a hippopotamus are once again rising. What gives?

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

For centuries, locals have told stories of mokele-mbembe, a legendary creature said to lurk in the Congo Basin. But as forests vanish, sightings are on the rise—offering a glimpse into how ...

Genetic sequencing of the virus by Congo's biomedical research laboratory showed the new outbreak is likely to have started as a "spillover event", a transmission from an infected animal ...

Disney's reach runs from Animal Kingdom to the Congo and beyond on World Gorilla Day. Pass the biscuits.

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