A new study reveals that peatlands—a vital carbon store that many people have never heard of—are dangerously under-protected, ...

DRC has launched a plan for a green corridor at the world's largest protected area - but local people say they haven't been ...

Poaching and habitat fragmentation are significant threats to their survival. A unique species of pangolin, the Tree Pangolin is native to the Congo Basin. Known for their armored scales, these insect ...

Report is the first to comprehensively assess the global conservation status of peatlands, which store more carbon than all the world’s forests’ biomass combined; calls for urgent action to protect ...

Save John Lilly, all these titles were in the Bright Future section reserved for first-time feature filmmakers, which is nice ...

Top United Nations officials in Africa have warned an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council that the offensive of ...

After hours spent at sea, fisherman Guy Bayonne Balou and his crew return to the southern shore of the Republic of Congo with ...

This weekend, the group entered the gold-trading center of Bukavu in eastern Congo after government soldiers fled. By Elian Peltier and Justin Makangara Elian Peltier reported from Dakar ...

What's the only native insect of Antarctica have to do to survive? A research team has uncovered the special ability of the Antarctic midge to prosper in an extreme environment.

A Michigan appeals court has ruled that Enbridge Energy's plans to build a tunnel around an aging pipeline that runs beneath a Great Lakes channel can continue. Enbridge wants to ...

Brookfield Zoo’s role in rehabilitating confiscated animals dates back decades, due in part to its proximity to O’Hare, a key ...