I’m standing waist-deep in a chocolate-hued, jungle-fringed tributary of the Congo River, watching my guide wade further downstream, with his hands cupped to his ears to amplify the sounds of the ...

We climb down to investigate. More than 2,000 species of animals live in the Congo River Basin. The greatest threat to many is the commercial wildlife trade. Local people depend on bush meat ...

No, sauropods don’t roam the Congo, but that didn ... legend arose from misidentified local wildlife like elephants or hippos, which are undeniably river-stopping creatures.

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 ...

The Okapi Wildlife Reserve occupies about one-fifth of the Ituri forest in the north-east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Congo river basin, of which the reserve and forest are a part, is ...