At least 50 hippopotamuses died from anthrax poisoning in Virunga National Park, the oldest African national park located in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Park officials confirmed that the dead ...

The hippopotamuses were found floating in a river south of Lake Edward, which separates the DRC from Uganda, park director Emmanuel de Merode said. The local office of the Congolese Institute for ...

At least 50 hippos and other large animals have been killed by anthrax poisoning in eastern Congo’s Virunga National Park and have been spotted floating along a major river that feeds one of Africa’s ...

Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. The eastern reaches of the Democratic Republic of Congo are no ...

Four adult female gorillas rescued from the illegal wildlife trade and rehabilitated at the GRACE sanctuary in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. They are pictured here on the day they were ...

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Five rangers and their driver have been killed at the Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a spokesman says. The group was killed in an ambush by suspected rebels operating in ...

Africa’s great Congo Basin rainforest, often called the Earth’s second lung, covers an area about the size of India. Millions ...

Celebrations marking the 80th anniversary of Congo’s Virunga National Park, one of Africa’s oldest parks, were dampened with the recent murder of a ranger by rebels who use the park as a military base ...

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