Topic: Congo River

The Royal Navy had this interesting release: Royal Navy bomb disposal experts successfully blew up a huge German Second World War mine off the...

'Eleven dead' as boats collide on Congo River

A boat carrying dozens of people collided with another vessel in a channel on the Congo River, leaving at least 11 dead, according to a Democratic Republic of Congo radio report on Wednesday.The accident on Monday was confirmed by Congo officials ...

Congo River

The Congo River, also known as the Zaire River, is located in Africa and the third longest river in the world. The river is home to over 700 species of fish.The Congo River falls just behind the Amazon in several of ...
Microbiology is the study of microorganisms, the smallest living creatures. Meningococcus is the bacterial microorganism that causes meningitis, an inflammation of the covering of the brain and spinal cord. Hepatitis or inflammation of the liver is caused by either the Hepatitis A ...

Fish facts: Goliath tigerfish

- This large fish is considered the African equivalent of pira?as (although not a relative of pira?as) and very dangerous for human beings. tigerfish lives (686 species of fish live in the Congo River and 80% of them are endemic) that ...

Animal facts: Blue monkey

- Blue monkeys live in rainforests and in mountain bamboo forests, mainly in the low canopy levels, among trees leaves. - They are frequent in the Congo River basin, in the Rift Valley and in various areas of eastern Africa, from Ethiopia to Tanzania ...
Many people find caring for aquarium fish to be a relaxing and interesting pastime and there are many different types of species available that can adapt to life in an aquarium. The native habitat of the African Jewelfish is obviously given away ...
Photo found on Wikimedia Commons??under a?The Ruwenzori Mountains are found in Central East Africa just north of the Equator and together and right on the border between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda. With Mount Kilimanjaro and Mount Kenya ...

Giraffe

Giraffe, the tallest living animal. It is a ruminant (cud-chewing mammal). It lives in dry savannas of Africa, south of the Sahara. A related...

Okapi

Okapi, a large, split-hooved mammal related to the giraffe. Okapis live in the forests of the upper basin of the Congo River in Africa, where they...