The prospect of dinosaurs possibly still being alive in central Africa sounds outlandish - but is being given real scientific ...

For decades, the Congo Basin was largely invisible to climate science. Now, a new generation of Central African researchers ...

As the people of Congo report an increase in the sightings of the dinosaur Mokele-Mbembe, doubts arise about this fabled ...

The Congo Basin spans 3.4 million square kilometres, making it almost six times the size of the UK, which measures around 242,000 square kilometres. It is also Africa’s biggest rainforest and ...

The journey from the base to the summit is often compared to travelling from the equator to the Arctic in just a few days.

BBC Radio 4 appeal will broadcast an appeal to protect rainforests on behalf of climate change charity Cool Earth. The appeal ...

High-definition trail cameras at a park in the Republic of the Congo reveal elusive rainforest animals. A photo shows two African forest elephants. Photo from Will Burrard-Lucas and Wildlife ...

But the park, which is part of the 60 per cent Congo basin rainforest found in DRC and endowed with century-old indigenous trees among other biodiversity, is under attack, courtesy of illegal ...

We were in one of the most remote places on earth, deep in Congo's rainforest. Reaching a safe place to stay for the night seemed a distant possibility. We were making our way back from Gbadolite ...