Three genera of African rodent, Graphiurus (African dormice), Cricetomys (giant pouched rat) and Funisciurus (African striped squirrel), have been named as likely reservoirs of the mpox virus.

A unique wilderness in the Democratic Republic of Congo is being revived and preserved for future generations.

How a unique wilderness in the Democratic Republic of Congo is being revived and preserved for future generations.

In 1974, John Blashford-Snell set off for Zaire for a 2,700 mile expedition and created a legacy that is still being felt today ...

Forests are amazing places that provide homes to countless plants and animals and help keep our planet healthy. There are ...

The world's first superstar hippo lives in a zoo in Thailand. Moo Deng shot to fame soon after she was born in July this year ...

These extraordinary rainforest species, each differently adapted to their environment, are rarely observed due to their ...

The okapi, also known as the "forest giraffe," lives in the Congo's deep rainforests ... This small monkey from Brazil's Atlantic rainforest has a beautiful golden-orange mane.

in which I tracked how the rainforest is fast being deforested and turned into pastures for cattle ranches. I particularly looked at how this affects hotspots of plant and animal life in rugged ...

As behavioral ecologists, we are interested in how adverse experiences early in life can affect animals' behavior, including the kinds of decisions they make and the way they interact with the ...

The third-largest outbreak in history of the deadly Marburg virus was sparked by a single jump of the pathogen from an animal to humans, preliminary genomic evidence shows. The outbreak began last ...

This past spring, Harvard University evolutionary biologist Joanna Wolfe, Ph.D., was in Okinawa, Japan, gathering information for her research on carcinization, or the study of how animals take on ...