A native named Akva came stumbling into the military post at Ponthierville. 1,400 miles up the Congo River. Blinded from drinking denatured alcohol, he had been expelled from his tribe because he ...

When Jeffrey Tayler told a Kinshasa shipping clerk of his plans to sail a canoe down the Congo River in central Africa, the clerk calmly ticked off a series of seemingly insurmountable obstacles.

The half-eaten body of a mother of three was found a day after a crocodile attack. At around 10:30 a.m. local time on Friday, Sept. 19, the woman, who has been identified as Laxmi Dalei, was catching ...

For weeks, three kayakers exploring a series of rivers through the heart of Africa had come together in close defensive formation designed to ward off hippo and crocodile attacks whenever they paddled ...

"Every day is market day on the steamer, where gangways overflow with the stuff of commerce. Forest people sell crocodiles, manioc, snapping turtles, woven baskets, and antelope. The salesmen then ...