In the heart of the Congo Basin, a rare and quiet moment unfolded. A young male bonobo, living free in the rainforest, was seen gently holding a baby golden mongoose — not to harm it, but to cradle it in his hands. The extraordinary encounter took place near the LuiKotale field site in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and was captured by photographer Christian Ziegler. Ziegler’s image was awarded a Highly Commended title in the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition. The photo shows t

A very rare sight from Kabobo Wildlife Reserve in Democratic Republic of Congo. This footage shows the Foa’s red colobus—the first ever of this Endangered species. The species used to occur in a relatively large area in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Nowadays, the Kabobo Wildlife Reserve may be the only location where they continue to exist. The Foa’s Red Colobus is a true forest species. It tends to live in large, noisy groups and does not flee from humans, making it easy to

The Democratic Republic of Congo is home to a large part of the Congo basin rainforest, the world's second-largest after the Amazon. It is the habitat for countless species, and crucial to mitigating climate change. It's facing major threats from illegal & uncontrolled logging. | PBS NewsHour

The Detroit Zoological Society leads and supports wildlife conservation efforts on six continents, including conducting population studies of penguins in Antarctica and the Falkland Islands, rescuing and rehabilitating gorillas in the Democratic Republic of Congo, assessing the status of snow leopards and red pandas in China and Nepal, and rearing and releasing nearly extinct toads in the U.S. and abroad. With so many species threatened or endangered around the world, we are standing up to extin