Scientists knew almost nothing about how ebony trees, used for guitars and piano keys, grow. A new study reveals the secret ingredient — elephants.

The sharp reduction of their population has a knock-on effect on the Congo Basin forest itself. This is because African ...

The report, titled " New Life in the Congo Basin: A Decade of Species Discoveries ," breaks down the discoveries of 742 new ...

A groundbreaking conservation initiative in the Democratic Republic of Congo is poised to reshape the future of the Congo Basin rainforest, offering a beacon of hope for communities and the planet. In ...

Although rainforests cover only a small percentage of Earth's total surface area, they're home to half of the world's plant and animal species. As the name suggests, rainforests are also very wet: ...

In 2017, when Vincent Deblauwe joined the Congo Basin Institute in Cameroon to study African ebony, he soon realized the fate ...

Central African Regional Program for the Environment: summary of results and lessons learned from the first phase -- What is CARPE?: the Central African Regional Program for the Environment -- Rich ...

With African elephants endangered, a UCLA-led study says their decline could ripple from the rainforest to the concert stage—revealing a critical link between the threatened species and pianos and ...

The Republic of Congo has one of the lowest deforestation rates in the world, but “uncontrolled gold mining” in recent years could harm the country’s biodiversity, especially in the Sangha region, ...

As crop yields around the world are pushed down by the climate crisis, expansion to new, more temperate climes is always ...

Gode Bola receives funding support from the Congo River User Hydraulics and Morphology (CRuHM) project (2016-2021), which was entirely funded by The Royal Society-DFID Africa Capacity Building ...