When it comes to African wildlife, few things capture the imagination like the Big Five animals. I still remember the first time I saw a rhino. It was about 20 years ago, and I was on my first ever ...

Today, the term “Big Five” refers to the beauty and power of some of Africa’s most iconic animals. However, it has a much ...

Africa is home to some of the most diverse and captivating wildlife on Earth. Sweeping savannas, lush wetlands, and rugged deserts provide the backdrop for encounters with animals found nowhere else.

A new Oxford-led study reveals Africa’s animal energy flow has fallen to two-thirds of historic levels, with big consequences ...

Mammals living in the African savannah are far more afraid of hearing a human voice than a lion’s growl, according to a new study that may lead to better strategies to steer animals away from poachers ...

Throughout history, numerous animal species have walked the earth. The dinosaurs, for one, are past creatures that we all know were once on our planet but are now gone. Thankfully, too, because have ...

Animal images are so common in African art, and their meanings and purposes assumed to be so obvious, that they are taken for granted. Indeed, Animals in African Art is the first major book wholly ...

Indigenous people in southern Africa may have been painting long-extinct creatures from 260 million years ago, even before Western archaeologists described the fossils. In a thought-provoking new ...

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