The sharp reduction of their population has a knock-on effect on the Congo Basin forest itself. This is because African ...

The scientists say that the tree, like elephants, faces its own major threats. Deforestation and overexploitation for its “high-value jet-black wood” are the main pressures on the plant. However, with ...

By Spoorthy Raman In 2017, when Vincent Deblauwe joined the Cameroon-based Congo Basin Institute (CBI) to study African ebony ...

Have you ever seen an elephant eat a pumpkin? I'm not talking a little pumpkin; I'm talking about one of the really big ones that are almost too heavy to pick up. ABC News posted a video on TikTok of ...

Ebony trees depend on elephants for survival. Seeds carried in dung avoid rodents, grow stronger, and spread across forests.

The initiative specifically aimed to identify the fruit trees favoured by elephants as planting them would help keep ...