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

James Cook University-led research has revealed secondary roads branching from major highways in tropical forests linked to ...

The resumption of hostilities since the M23 (March 23 Movement) rebel group resurged and captured territories in the eastern ...

Analysis of satellite imagery of the Brazilian Amazon, the Congo Basin and New Guinea helps to show that ‘secondary’ roads ...

The Miombo Forest is a vast expanse of lush greenery that stretches across seven countries in Central and West Africa, ...

The Miombo Forest is one of Africa's most impressive natural wonders, spanning seven countries and covering an area larger ...

A study has revealed that the Miombo woodland stores far more carbon than people realized. That could mean that protecting this vast area has more economic value than cutting it down.

Is there a link to Congo’s forests? There have long been concerns about diseases jumping from animals to humans in places where people regularly eat wild animals. The number of such outbreaks in ...

Congo, which hosts about 60% of the Congo Basin's tropical forests, is particularly vulnerable. “All these viruses have reservoirs in the forest. As long as we have these forests, we will always ...

Gorillas in Congo’s forests are naturally infected with different parasites which cause malaria.Credit: Ian Nichols and the National Geographic Society Is there a link to Congo’s forests?

Tropical rainforests don’t give up their secrets easily. ... That’s why it’s so rewarding to see these incredible images.” ...

Unidentified illnesses in northwestern Congo have killed more than 50 people over the past five weeks, nearly half of them ...