Listen to more stories on the Noa app. The Belgian empire invaded the Congo rainforest during the late 19th century and swiftly established itself as the cruelest imperial force in Africa.

New research in the Congo Basin is revealing how this daily rhythm of the world’s second largest rainforest influences the globe. Within the dense canopy of the Congo Basin Rainforest ...

Dr. Lewis is a professor of global change science at University College London and the University of Leeds. A vast rainforest stretches for 1,500 miles across central Africa. The mighty Congo ...

The Congo is the second largest rainforest, next to the Amazon. The Democratic Republic of the Congo is finalizing an ambitious—and risky—new plan for the future management of its rainforest ...

The world’s three largest rainforest nations Brazil, Democratic Republic of Congo and Indonesia on Monday formally launched a partnership to cooperate on forest preservation after a decade of on ...

Spanning several countries in central Africa, the Congo Basin rainforest covers an immense area and is home to a dizzying array of species. Researchers say the Congo Basin's rainforest sequesters ...

In May 2021 Sylvain Ngouma, a local botanist at Odzala-Kokoua National Park in the north of the Republic of the Congo, led a small team of researchers through the rainforest’s verdant arrowroots.