A wildebeest, a gorilla and a giraffe were among the life-size puppets to begin a 20,000-kilometer (12,400-mile) trek across ...

About 50 hippos have died of anthrax poisoning in the Democratic Republic of Congo's Virunga National Park, the oldest ...

The case reflects the difficulties many African countries are faced with when balancing the need to conserve wildlife with the impact wild animals have on the people who share their habitat.

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The rangers check the direction of the wind so that their scent will not be detected, and creep toward the animal. Normally they get no closer than 100 metres (330 feet), but today, Arthur is ...

Vulture populations in Southern Africa are dwindling, yet the birds could bring large economic benefits to the region, ...

“Everybody’s first impression is that the rats are our enemies,” Tefera Agizew, a physician and APOPO’s head of tuberculosis, says of the animals’ reputation in Africa and beyond.

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Somali Army Retakes Key Town From Al-Shabaab MilitantsThe army said their assault on the terrorist group in the Middle Shabelle region was "multi-pronged" and carried out in collaboration with allied ...

A kind-hearted Teesside vet is trying to help protect one of the most endangered animals on earth – and he's aiming to break a world record at the same time.

Ichnology is the study of tracks and traces and, since 2008, the Cape South Coast Ichnology Project has documented more than 370 vertebrate tracksites on South Africa’s southern coast. These sites are ...