For centuries, locals have told stories of mokele-mbembe, a legendary creature said to lurk in the Congo Basin. But as forests vanish, sightings are on the rise—offering a glimpse into how folklore is ...

In the Virunga National Forest, the mountain gorilla population sits in the middle of a war zone in the Democratic Republic of the Congo as forest rangers track and keep a watchful eye on the ...

These gorillas call the lush lowland tropical rainforests of the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo home ... is found deep in the highland rainforest of Cameroon and Nigeria, living among ...

GOMA, Democratic Republic of the Congo—Trackers swing their machetes ... Despite a highly trained ranger corps, the jungle where the gorillas live bristles with threats from poachers and rebels.

When a cold-ridden Glitch's sneezing breaks his TV, the Grimbots take him to the Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to see a real mountain gorilla. But Glitch doesn't ...