Deep within the shrinking rainforests of West Africa lives a crocodile that behaves nothing like the sluggish, log-like ...

Africa needs its forests for sustainable development, poverty reduction, food security, and to make the continent more resilient to climate change. They take up 23% of the continent. At 674 million ...

What is the African elephant? African elephants are the largest land animals on Earth. They are slightly larger than their Asian cousins and can be identified by their larger ears that look somewhat ...

Negotiators discussing wildlife trade rules have agreed overwhelmingly to back a proposal that regulates the currently unrestricted trade in all seven species of African forest hornbills. Eight West ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The first authoritative population assessment for African forest elephants estimates there are more than 145,000 individuals. Researchers say new ...

Follow this author to personalize your feed and get instant alerts. WHY FOLLOW? Update your preferences in Account Settings Gorillas at Kamba Part of the larger Congo Basin, the 90-year-old ...

The Forest Investment Program (FIP) in Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, and Ghana represents more than a decade of efforts to restore degraded landscapes, strengthen climate resilience, and improve ...

By Wanjira MathaiData from Global Forest Watch, the world’s most trusted platform for real-time forest monitoring, has revealed that global tree cover loss in 2025 was 25.5 million hectares—an area ...

Africa's forests are some of the natural wonders of the world. As someone who has spent decades studying the ecology and management of tropical forests, I'm constantly amazed by the unique forest ...

The Republic of the Congo became an independent nation on August 15th, 1960. Measuring in at more than two million square kilometers, Central Africa’s Congolian rainforests play host to a truly ...