part of the Pic de Fon classified forest reserve in the southeast of Guinea, West Africa. Cheek described the day of discovery to Mongabay: "You're a long way from anywhere that's dry, and you're ...

The Miombo Forest is a vast expanse of lush greenery that stretches across seven countries in Central and West Africa, providing a critical habitat for a wide array of flora and fauna, while also serv ...

A non-governmental organisation, Wild Africa, has said Nigeria experienced a 12 per cent decrease in tree cover since 2001, ...

By far the oldest evidence of humans living in dense forests comes from a site in Ivory Coast, where stone tools and plant remains reveal a human presence stretching back 150,000 years ...

But when their populations decline, this is an early warning indicator of emptying forests and eroding ecosystems. I was studying reptiles under threat in west Africa's forests with a team of ...

But when their populations decline, this is an early warning indicator of emptying forests and eroding ecosystems. I was studying reptiles under threat in west Africa’s forests with a team of ...

Wild Africa, an environmental nonprofit, has asked the Nigerian government to intensify efforts in protecting the nation’s ...

Without intervention, these massive beetles could vanish from West African forests, taking with them an essential piece of the ecosystem. Scientists, governments, and conservation organizations ...

This park is one of the last major remnants of the primary tropical forest of West Africa. Its rich natural flora, and threatened mammal species such as the pygmy hippopotamus and 11 species of ...

It comes from West and central Africa, where archaeologists have found 3,000-year-old palm nuts buried in streambeds deep in the forest. Throughout the 1800s, British traders imported African palm ...

They’re distinguished by coloring, size, and even horn shape. There’s also the forest buffalo, the West Africa savanna buffalo, and the Central Africa savanna buffalo. When the buffalo aren ...