Massive birds whose loud wingbeats and rollicking cries resound through tropical rainforests, African hornbills were a common ...

Watching these cubs grow will inspire our guests to learn more about lions and how to protect them,” an Audubon Zoo official ...

Snakebite envenoming is among the world's deadliest yet most overlooked tropical diseases. The WHO has classified snakebite envenoming as one of 21 neglected tropical diseases, resulting in between ...

Scientists warn that losing Africa’s large animals is draining ecosystem energy and reshaping the continent’s biodiversity.

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The big mammals for which Africa is so famous are vanishing in staggering numbers. According to a study published last year: Africa’s large mammal ...

The largest land mammal on Earth, elephants embody the African landscape. Using seasonal cues and their long-term memories, these hulking creatures travel vast distances in close-knit herds to find ...

Africa's ecosystems are running on less than two-thirds of the natural energy they once had, according to new Oxford-led ...

There are nine species of gazelle living in Africa, five species of fox, and more than 50 species of primates (a new monkey species was discovered as recently as 2012). Then there are aoudads, ...

The continent’s ecosystems now run on less than two-thirds of their historical energy, with the decline of elephants, lions, and rhinos reshaping landscapes and livelihoods ...

NOAA Fisheries has determined that South Africa is among 10 African countries that have been granted permission to export ...

A Dec. 4 article about fossils of previously unknown mammal species discovered in Africa incorrectly identified tigers as members of modern Africa's native fauna. There are no native wild tigers in ...

Thirteen thousand years ago Southern California was crawling with enormous mammals — all of which are extinct today. There were massive mammoths three times bigger than modern-day elephants, giant ...