Africa's biggest forest that's nearly 6 times bigger than the UK
The Congo Basin spans 3.4 million square kilometres, making it almost six times the size of the UK, which measures around 242 ...
‘Dinosaur’ Sightings Are on the Rise in the Congo. Could This Legendary Monster Really Exist?
After a century of decreased sightings, reports of a long-necked water monster the size of a hippopotamus are once again ...
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Congo Report Increased Sightings of the ‘Dinosaur Who Stops Rivers,’ Sparks New Doubts About Its Existence
As the people of Congo report an increase in the sightings of the dinosaur Mokele-Mbembe, doubts arise about this fabled ...
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Searching for Endangered Forest Elephants in the Republic of Congo
I’m standing waist-deep in a chocolate-hued, jungle-fringed tributary of the Congo River, watching my guide wade further downstream, with his hands cupped to his ears to amplify the sounds of the ...
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Camera trap spots endangered elephant mother and calf on the move
which covers more than 4000 square kilometres of rainforest in the northern Republic of the Congo. This remarkable photograph above of the critically endangered African forest elephants (Loxodonta ...
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Africa’s tropical forests could be next in line as global food demand grows
To date, agricultural expansion in sub-Saharan Africa has mainly been driven by small-scale subsistence farmers. Yet since ...
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World’s largest insect, Africa’s giant Goliath beetle, faces extinction
One of Africa ... are found in the rainforests of Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Burkina Faso, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda and ...
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Largest Insect on Earth Headed For Extinction Thanks to Our Love of Chocolate
We estimate that about 80 percent of the Goliathus cacicus population has been wiped out in Côte d'Ivoire if we consider the amount of forest destroyed for cocoa farming. Goliathus regius has ...