Deep in the rainforests of the Central African Republic, a clearing called Dzanga Bai pulls hundreds of forest elephants out of dense tree cover and into the open, drawn by mineral-rich soils they ...

LANSING, MI – A Michigan zoo is celebrating the arrival of a new species. Staff at Potter Park Zoo in Lansing announced this week the arrival of Elombe, a five-year-old male okapi. He is now visible ...

The 17 species of red colobus monkey living across Africa, including in the Tai Project field station region, have been singled out by scientists as a priority conservation target. Protection of these ...

In the largest genomic mapping of Africa's elephants to date, an international team of researchers shows that elephant history is defined by the ability to move across large distances and exchange ...

One of Africa’s giant beetles is just one step away from extinction. New research has found that one species of the enormous Goliath beetles has been almost wiped out by the west African cocoa ...

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 ...

Angola’s Afromontane forests are considered to be the country’s most threatened habitat type due to logging, wood harvesting and fire. Experts say the forests are relics that harbor “fading biological ...