Discovery of a new species of fossil tree helps paint picture of ancient African forest
Recent research by scientists at the Botanical Research Institute of Texas (BRIT), Texas Tech University, and several other ...
Unraveling the mysteries of the world’s most critical rainforest
For decades, the Congo Basin was largely invisible to climate science. Now, a new generation of Central African researchers ...
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Africa's massive forest the size of Mexico that spans seven different countries
The Miombo Forest is a vast expanse of lush greenery that stretches across seven countries in Central and West Africa, ...
A forest the size of Mexico could store twice as much carbon as was thought. That makes its conservation even more valuable
A study has revealed that the Miombo woodland stores far more carbon than people realized. That could mean that protecting ...
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Inside Africa's enormous forest the size of Mexico spanning seven different countries
The Miombo Forest is one of Africa's most impressive natural wonders, spanning seven countries and covering an area larger ...
Africa's huge forest the size of Mexico that covers 7 countries
Explore the significance of Africa's Miombo Forest, a vast, biodiverse region critical to the planet's ecological health.
Africa's huge new forest reserve that's so big it's the same size as France
The Democratic Republic of the Congo has announced the creation of a huge new forest reserve, the size of France.
African rainforests were home to humans much earlier than thought: 150,000 years ago
Researchers found evidence humans lived at a site in southern Côte d’Ivoire, a region of present-day rainforest, about 150,000 years ago.
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Africa’s elephants have been in dramatic decline for 50 years. What can be done to save them – new study
Maintaining current elephant numbers, let alone reversing declines, requires new thinking and conservation innovation.
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New species of killifish from Kenya already critically endangered
A critically endangered new species of killifish sampled from an ancient forest in Kenya in 2017 and 2018 has now been described. Nothobranchius sylvaticus, from the Latin meaning 'pertaining to the ...