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Way back in 1901, Western scientists celebrated the sensational 'discovery' of a very strange, unicorn-like creature in the dark and humid depths of an African rainforest. Now, more than 125 years ...

High-definition trail cameras at a park in the Republic of the Congo reveal elusive rainforest animals. A photo shows two African forest elephants. Photo from Will Burrard-Lucas and Wildlife ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. In late May, Mongabay accompanied a group of conservationists and scientists to Taï National Park — a large rainforest in Côte d’Ivoire famous for ...

West Africa’s Upper Guinean rainforest is one of the world’s important biodiversity regions, but much of it has been reduced, fragmented, or degraded. What remains is often separated into patches ...

“Tropical rainforest” conjures images of close-packed trees, dense humidity, a home for plenteous and diverse animal life. But rainforests in the Congo Basin of west-central Africa also host ...

Our human species emerged in Africa around 300,000 years ago but scientists don’t yet have a clear picture of what kind of natural environment we evolved in. Until recently, the dominant idea was that ...