The yellow-crested helmetshrike (Prionops alberti) is listed as a ‘lost bird’ by the American Bird Conservancy because it had not seen in nearly two...
The earliest known evidence of photosynthetic structures has been identified inside a collection of the enigmatic cylindrical microfossils Navifusa majensis...
An international team of researchers has discovered two new species of the murine genus Colomys living in Africa: one in Liberia and Guinea and one in...
Fungi play a significant role in the diets and nutrition of diverse vertebrates. Many fungi, particularly truffle-like species, have evolved close associations...
According to new research, gorillas have complex social structures, from lifetime bonds forged between distant relations, to social tiers with striking...
Scientists have for the first time observed wild bonobos (Pan paniscus), a hominoid species endemic to the central Congo basin, searching for and eating...
A team of researchers from Japan, Germany and the Democratic Republic of the Congo has identified an alkaloid compound in a Congolese species of liana...
Using camera traps, primatologists from the Lukuru Foundation Tshuapa-Lomani-Lualaba (TL2) Project are the first to capture video footage of a previously...
Researchers have described three new species in the previously monotypic bird genus Stiphrornis: two from West Africa and one from the Congo.
Stiphrornis...
A team of scientists has found that wild bonobos (Pan paniscus), our closest living primate relatives, communicate in a similar manner to human babies.
Wild...
Petrocephalus boboto and Petrocephalus arnegardi, two new species of weakly electric fish, have been described from the Congo River.
Petrocephalus boboto...
A large team of biologists from the United States, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Belgium and Germany, has reported the discovery of a new shrew species...
An international team of biologists has discovered a new species of monkey in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Cercopithecus lomamiensis (Maurice Emetshu)
The...
