Glide above the immense and mysterious landscapes of the Congo River Basin with this breathtaking drone video. Witness the sheer scale of the world's second-largest rainforest, a dense, unbroken ocean ...

Introduction / Barry Hewlett -- Cultural diversity of African Pygmies / Serge Bahuchet -- Population genetics of Central African Pygmies and non-Pygmies / Paul Verdu -- On Late Holocene population ...

YAOUNDE (Reuters) - Two-thirds of the forests in the Congo River Basin could disappear within 50 years if logging and mineral exploitation continues at current rates, environmental group WWF said in a ...

There's a particular kind of tropical rainforest in Central Africa. A huge swath of the Congo River Basin is full of peat. In fact, scientists discovered only five years ago that the peatlands span a ...

Editor’s Note: Call to Earth is a CNN editorial series committed to reporting on the environmental challenges facing our planet, together with the solutions. Rolex’s Perpetual Planet Initiative has ...

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 ...

France and Cameroon signed the first ever Central African debt-for-nature swap, which will see millions of dollars invested in protecting parts of the Congo River Basin, the world’s second largest ...

Scientists found a “large”-mouthed river creature in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Getty Images / iStockphoto In an “acidic” river of ...

The Congo River Basin, one of the most biologically diverse regions in the world, has unveiled its secrets. Over a ten-year period (2013-2023), researchers working with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) ...

In an “acidic” river of central Africa swam a “large”-mouthed creature with a giraffe-like pattern. When visiting scientists snagged one of these unique animals, it immediately caught their attention ...