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

"Thanks to these cameras, we are able to take pictures of the animals that are very difficult to spot." Photographer stunned ...

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

For centuries, at least, the indigenous Bantu peoples of Central, East, and Southern Africa have traded tales of a lumbering ...

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 ...

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 ...

One impact of climate change is increased tropical storms. The southeast of Africa experiences tropical cyclones - for ...

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 ...

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