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. And the mountain gorillas are once again vulnerable.

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AUGUST 26, 2021

In case you didn’t know, yes, there is an indigenous peacock living in Africa, the Congo Peafowl. This book is essentially about those birds that breed on the continent south of the Sahara, a topic few birders are familiar with. Some are incredibly rare and hard to find. Lodge provided the frontispiece for Part II).

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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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10,000 Birds

APRIL 15, 2015

Nineteen days later we had racked up an amazing list of 436 species, including some of Africa’s least known birds such as Congo Serpent Eagle , Yellow-footed Honeyguide , Tessmann’s Flycatcher , Yellow-bearded Greenbul , Black-collared Lovebird and much besides. And wow, what a trip we had! What makes Ghana so special?

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