For centuries, at least, the indigenous Bantu peoples of Central, East, and Southern Africa have traded tales of a lumbering creature living in the Congo River Basin. The alleged dinosaur-like ...

They set out to study the Congo Basin's carbon cycle and in the process have become aware of one of the world's darkest blackwater rivers: the Ruki. In the first study on this major jungle river, an ...

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Hundreds of scientists at the United Nations COP28 climate summit on Sunday launched a research coalition aimed at correcting a historic lack of information about the Congo River ...

The Congo River is the world's only major river to cross the Equator twice, a rare feat shaped by ancient geological forces.

In the Belgian Congo last week massed tom-tom drummers practiced a welcome tattoo. Prosperous Negro shopkeepers climbed up wooden ladders and draped the Congolese flag (a golden star on a blue field) ...

Heart of Darkness follows Marlow’s journey up the Congo River, where rumors of a brilliant, idealistic ivory trader named Kurtz begin to overshadow everything else. But the deeper he travels, the more ...

Which river cuts the Equator twice? The mighty Congo River in Central Africa holds this unique distinction. Learn about its massive volume and its status as the world's deepest river.

A native named Akva came stumbling into the military post at Ponthierville. 1,400 miles up the Congo River. Blinded from drinking denatured alcohol, he had been expelled from his tribe because he ...