Congo poachers leave bonobo at risk
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Humankind's closest relative is facing extinction in the war-torn Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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More than 100 people have died in a remote part of Congo, including all those who attended the funerals of two village chiefs, in what health officials fear is an outbreak of hemorrhagic fever.
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The hunting of wild animals by hungry refugees in East Africa threatens wildlife populations, say conservationists.
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JOHANNESBURG - International medical personnel and supplies are being airlifted to a remote region of central Democratic Republic of Congo to combat what threatens to become the world's most serious outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in years.
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The theft of a rare Amazon monkey from a Brazilian zoo could harm biologists' efforts to repopulate the endangered species, zoo officials said Wednesday.
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The African nation's last rain forests are in danger from both agricultural developers and locals who believe its plants hold pharmacological secrets
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A recent census of the world's primate population finds that many of them are in danger of disappearing
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Scientists struggle to contain an anthrax epidemic which has killed nearly 200 hippos in a Ugandan national park.
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One of man's closest relatives, the pygmy chimpanzee, may be much closer to extinction than previously thought, a conservation group said Thursday.
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The threat to orangutans from illegal logging may be greater than has previously been predicted.
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Conservationists on Thursday announced the birth of a rare mountain gorilla in eastern Congo, where rebels have been accused of killing and eating the endangered animals.
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The Republic of Congo Monday announced the establishment of two massive protected areas for elephants, chimpanzees and gorillas.
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REGENT, Sierra Leone  - They can leap playful somersaults or maul a human to death. Meet the chimpanzee, man's closest relative.
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Nearly a third of the world's apes and monkeys are threatened with extinction because of human activity, much of it illegal, a World Conservation Union report concludes.
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Zookeepers feared for the welfare of a family of three monkeys, a day after they were stolen from a theme park in central England.
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NAMALINDE, Malawi  - Maria Semu holds back tears  as she tells how she lost her husband Ngalu to a crocodile --  another victim of growing conflict between man and beast in one  of Africa's poorest countries.
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Staff at Berlin&#39;s internationally renowned zoo were working to restore public confidence yesterday after a 110kg South American bear escaped from its enclosure and spent more than half an hour frolicking in a children&#39;s playground before being knocked out