There are many mysteries in the infamous lower Congo River—Not only is it is treacherous, turbulent, and very deep, but it is ...

Copince Ngoma, a member of the Bakouele Indigenous community, has relied on the lush green Congo Basin rainforest his whole ...

At the edge of the Congo River in Africa, 24-year-old Maltese researcher and conservationist Francesca Grillo is living the ...

Africa’s second-longest river is rarely sailed by tourists but new expeditions aboard the Princesse Ngalessa offer encounters with hippos, gorillas and elephants — and a glimpse of a very different wa ...

New study reveals our closest relatives share the cognitive roots of imagination and pretense. Remember childhood tea parties ...

The global river crisis is worsening. Learn about the causes behind the decline of vital waterways and their significance.

A soldier in Zanzibar raises his rifle over his head before smashing it down on to the car windscreen. Shards of glass ...

It would take a meteorite to wake most lions from their midday slumber. But in a section of the Albertine Rift Valley ...

Scientists at the American Museum of Natural History investigated old specimens that had been at the museum for decades and ...

Angola’s vast highland wetlands feed rivers that deliver freshwater to millions. They just gained global recognition that could help keep it that way.

A year ago, we warned that the world was perilously close to global disaster and that any delay in reversing course increased ...

Wetlands are as important as forests for climate and biodiversity protection, yet don’t get anything like the same ...