Critter News

NOVEMBER 11, 2008

Of course, there is more war in the Congo. The rebels have taken over the wildlife rangers' headquarters and the gorillas are unprotected. They don't breed in captivity. They don't breed in captivity. Tags: virunga africa gorilla war congo. Always, always, war. Once they're gone, they're gone.

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Gorillas Congo Africa Wildlife 100

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AUGUST 26, 2021

I did that with Peacocks & Picathartes – Reflections on Africa’s birdlife (published by Penguin Random House South Africa ). In case you didn’t know, yes, there is an indigenous peacock living in Africa, the Congo Peafowl. He has authored several other books and many articles, largely on natural history.

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Congo Africa South Africa Kenya 264

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JULY 28, 2022

The Congo is one of the deepest rivers in the world with depths sometimes exceeding 220 meters (720 feet). The Congo Basin is 300,000 square miles (777,000 square kilometres) in size and its forests store 25 per cent of tropical forest carbon. million hectares of forest cover each year.

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Central African Republic Congo Gabon Gorillas 287

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APRIL 15, 2015

I was in contact with a group of birders for whom I arranged and guided an annual tour to Africa. We already had South Africa, Zambia and Uganda under our belts, but my clients’ request for the next year came right out of the blue: Ghana! We also knew we had discovered Africa’s next hot birding destination.

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Ghana Hunters Guinea Gambia 191