On land, the African elephant holds the title of the largest terrestrial animal. Standing up to 13 feet tall and weighing as much as 14,000 pounds, these gentle giants roam the savannas and ...

More than 30 million tourists visit Africa every year. It's the destination for safaris and on many bucket lists for globetrotters and thrill-seekers. Some of the most dangerous animals on the ...

What happens when African buffalo bulls fight for dominance and the right to mate? Dominance is decided with a clash of horns ...

Rural communities on the border between the African countries of Malawi and Zambia are threatening to sue an international ...

Perhaps the most puzzling question Jared Diamond encounters as he investigates animal domestication is: Why were no large mammals ever domesticated in tropical Africa? Africa, south of the Sahara ...

In large adult males, the horns meet in the ... rinderpest—a virus that’s nearly always fatal to hoofed animals—to Africa, and it caused buffalo numbers to crash across the continent.

Professor of Ecology, The Rivers State University of Science and Technology One of Africa’s giant beetles ... ecosystem to nourish other plants and animals. The adult beetles feed only on ...

There are about 4 million stray pets in South Africa and global animal welfare organisation FOUR PAWS says compounding the issue is the growing number of unsterilised pets which poses a health ...

Relocating animals to create new populations could ... October 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. Of all the large African mammals that wildlife veterinarian Pete Morkel has had to ...