“Tropical rainforests don’t give up their secrets easily,” says Emma Stokes, vice president of WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society) Global. But thanks to a year-long camera trap project in the Congo, scientists studying this ecosystem have gathered high-resolution images of the “rarest, endangered mammals for the first time.”
Videos by Outdoors
Stokes says: “You can spend years walking through these forests without seeing much of the extraordinary wildlife that lives there. You only know it’s there by the signs it leaves behind.”
And yet, camera traps that are part of this important project have captured brilliant high-res images of this “unseen rainforest.” Some of the rare, endangered mammals that passed by the remote cameras include the leopard, the African forest elephant, the African forest buffalo, the giant pangolin, and the African golden cat.
See the rare mammals of the Congo in high definition here:
Header image by Will Burrard-Lucas/WCS.
Find the Hidden Animals
- Can You Spot the Hidden Snake in This Photo?
- There’s a Hidden Snake in This Photo. Can You Find It?
- Can You Find the Hidden Iguana in This Photo?
- Video: This Snake Is So Well Hidden, You Can’t See It . . . Until You Do
- There’s a Bear in This Photo. Can You Find It?
- ‘Spotted This Frog While Hiking’ . . . What Frog? Can You Find It?
- Can You Find the Deer Hiding in These Photos?
- Bear-ly There: Find the Bear Hiding Along the Appalachian Trail
- Can You Spot the Snow Leopard? (Hint: It’s Looking Right at You)
- There’s a Bobcat Hiding in Plain Sight. Can You Find It?
- There Are Two Bears Hidden in This Scene. Can You Find Them?
- Find the Hidden Mountain Lion (Wait Until You Hear Where It Is)
- Once You See It, You Can’t Unsee It. Can You Find the Snake?
- ‘I Promise There’s a Deer in This Picture’: Can You Spot It?
- Can You Spot the Bald Eagle Hidden in This Photo?
