New data from a non-profit reveals that humans have degraded or destroyed roughly two-thirds of the world’s original tropical rainforest ... palm oil plantations. Central Africa ranks third ...

The Congo rainforest in Africa is one of the world’s largest rainforests. Like other tropical rainforests such as the Amazon, it is located close to the Equator, where the sun’s energy is more ...

Tropical rainforests are hot and wet. They have high temperatures and heavy rainfall throughout the year. Tropical rainforests lie along the equator, mainly between the Tropics of Cancer and ...

The great blue turaco inhabits the primary rainforest and tropical savannas of Africa Credit: Moment RF “You can start birding at 6.30am and stay out until lunchtime,” enthused Claver ...

Despite the rapid advances in technology of the last century, there are still places on the planet that function in a way we might think of as much less modern. All around the world, there are ...

Barely 25% of the world’s remaining tropical rainforests ... we find only 36% of the rainforest can still be considered high quality. In West Africa’s rainforests, the Diana monkey still ...

Gabon has become the first African country to receive payment for reducing carbon emissions by protecting its rainforest. The UN-backed Central African Forest Initiative (Cafi) has handed over $ ...

Barely 25% of the world's remaining tropical rainforests ... we find only 36% of the rainforest can still be considered high quality. In West Africa's rainforests, the Diana monkey still has ...