The Congo rainforest covers the very heart of Africa. From the crowded, competitive centre of the forest to the open edge of the Atlantic ocean, this is all about carving out space in a crowded world.

The Congo rainforest covers the very heart of Africa. From the crowded, competitive centre of the forest to the open edge of the Atlantic ocean, this is all about carving out space in a crowded world.

By Ruth Kamnitzer Spanning nearly a tenth of the vast Congo Basin’s rainforest, the transboundary Dja-Odzala-Minkébé (TRIDOM) ...

Therefore, deforestation of the Congo rainforest, the second largest in the world, is pushing many animal species to extinction. Data shows that mountain gorillas, bush elephants and okapi that ...

Illegal mining inside the Okapi Wildlife Reserve in northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues to spread, ...

Please enable JavaScript to read this content. Deaths, mass rapes, kidnappings for ransom, displacements, money laundering and costly environmental harm are the ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo is covered in rainforest and savannah, but years of armed conflict and government neglect have taken their toll. Poachers and militia groups often roam freely in the ...

A project to protect the world’s second-largest area of tropical rainforest has received £9.1m from the government.

Ashley Judd is recovering after injuring her leg in a "massive, catastrophic" accident in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The actress, 52, joined an Instagram Live with The New York Times ...