An occasional series where Mongabay’s founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives, and story summaries. The war in the Democratic Republic of Congo isn’t just killing people — it’s ...

The Albertine Rift, home to the critically endangered eastern lowland and mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei graueri and G. b. beringei), is under severe pressure. Virunga and Kahuzi-Biega ...

NBC’s Hallie Jackson runs through the Highs and Lows on Sunday TODAY including an alligator getting in the way of a pizza delivery in Florida, a gorilla smoking a cigarette like he’s done it ...

Rumors that a gorilla got loose and was running amok forced a zoo in Virginia to put residents minds at ease — by telling them they have nothing to fear because they have no gorillas in ...

DRC is considered one of the world’s megadiverse nations, home to thousands of plant and animal species, including many remarkable endemic creatures, such as the okapi, eastern lowland (Grauer’s) ...

“I’m thinking about not being properly vetted by the Supreme Court or Congress, just doing whatever the hell I want because some fucking bloated asshole orange fucking gorilla who’s failed at every ...