South Africa is well known for its fossil heritage, a record of plants and animals that tells us what the world was like long ...

Conservationists are hoping to strengthen regulations at a wildlife trade conference on birds, reptiles and other animals ...

A 2023 astronaut photo shows three dark hills, or mesas, towering above part of the Sahara desert in southern Mauritania. The ...

A common cuckoo — which is anything but common in the United States — appeared for a few days, then vanished. Interest from ...

Unfortunately, one million endangered species could become extinct. On World Wildlife Day, learn who is at risk and how to ...

Nature is endowed with innumerable creatures, and each one is unique in its own way. Among them, many species across the ...

Five African lion cubs, rare quintuplets born to the same mother, made their public debut at an animal theme park in ...

A new assessment of African Forest Elephants reveals an estimated 135,690 individuals1, with an additional 7,728 to 10,990 ...

Living deep in the tropical rainforests of Central and Western Africa, the golden cat is so sneaky, no one knows how many ...

In the 1960s, growing demand for wild plant and animal products was driving certain species like elephants and tigers toward ...

A camera trap in northern Central African Republic captured the first nursing lioness in six years, signaling a hopeful sign ...

For some people, the mention of voodoo evokes something like a scene from the James Bond novel "Live and Let Die," featuring ...