Though measuring animal intelligence is tricky, some animals show remarkable cognitive abilities that may rival our own.

Journalists and activists should focus on these three linked problems, says the acclaimed author, who also encourages us to ...

A wedding brings out the best and worst in people. Tensions run high, as do the comedic and dramatic possibilities during a ...

Uganda Tourism Board has embarked on a long-term strategic partnership with CNN International to promote The Pearl of Africa ...

For the Indigenous Vungu people living along the border of Gabon’s Moukalaba-Doudou National Park, the forest here has long ...

In a dense Republic of Congo rainforest, scientists have mapped a network of strangely open clearings where wild beasts go to ...

Their protected homes in the three countries are in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and Mgahinga Gorilla National Park (both in Uganda), Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda, and the DRC's Virunga ...

PBS' "Nature" documentary "Silverback" follows a group of eastern lowland gorillas in the Democratic Republic of Congo, ...

Four plants consumed by wild gorillas in Gabon and used by local communities in traditional medicine show antibacterial and antioxidant properties, find Leresche Even Doneilly Oyaba Yinda from the ...

Four plants consumed by wild gorillas in Gabon and used by local communities in traditional medicine show antibacterial and antioxidant properties, researchers report. Four plants consumed by wild ...

In the latest study, botanists recorded the plants eaten by western lowland gorillas in Gabon's Moukalaba-Doudou National Park. The bark of the trees - used in traditional medicine to treat ...

Gorillas in the Lope National Park, Gabon (Kathryn Jeffery) This marked the first known instance of a wild animal tending to its injuries with medicine, but scientists suspect this behaviour could ...