Development, agriculture, and forestry destroyed most of Africa's rainforest.
Central Africa's Congo River Basin has 80% of Africa's rainforest.
Africa's rainforests include 400 bird, 150 butterfly, and 60 amphibian species in a six-kilometer (four-mile) region.
Driver ants (Dorylus sp.) are one of Africa's most aggressive rainforest species.
Driver ants devour deadly millipedes, reptiles, and small animals in columns of 20 million over the jungle floor.
8,000 plant species have been identified in the African rainforest.
Over 1,100 of these species are unique to Earth. 10% of Africa's rainforest vegetation are known.