Africa has several different types of habitats from jungles and forests to grasslands and deserts. The second-largest ...

The African wild dog is one of Africa's most endangered predators. African wild dogs are highly elusive, avoiding human ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa -- Poachers in South Africa killed more than 100 rhinos in the first three months of this year, most ...

Here are some interesting facts about them ... along with these adaptations to the Wild African landscape makes them an extremely intriguing animal.

below are some interesting facts about this specific organ that makes the African Elephant such a unique animal. The trunk ...

The opposite is also true. In the 19th century, European cattle brought rinderpest—a virus that’s nearly always fatal to hoofed animals—to Africa, and it caused buffalo numbers to crash ...

The saying “an elephant never forgets” has truth—elephants have excellent long-term memory. They live in matriarchal herds ...

The white-backed vulture is the most common and widespread vulture in sub-Saharan Africa. It is recognizable ... on carrion—the carcasses of dead animals—and, by eating flesh before it rots ...

The African elephant is the largest land mammal, growing up to 13ft (4m) at shoulder height and weighing around 6350kg (14000lbs). Living up to 70 years elephants are famous for their wisdom and ...

Scientists added descriptive terms to the existing general Indigenous frog and reptile names to make them specific.

African wild dogs are carnivores always thought to hunt in packs. But new DNA analysis has found they also eat small birds and hares and may hunt alone.