In the wild, herbivores are often seen as the peaceful grazers of the animal kingdom—gentle giants simply trying to surv ...

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 ...

Africa is home to some of the most incredible wildlife on Earth, but it also harbors some of the most dangerous animals that pose real threats to humans and other creatures alike. In this thrilling ...

What are the Big Five animals and why are they called Big Five? The term ‘The Big Five’ has its roots in the early 19th century during the era of big-game hunting in Africa. Coined by European ...

Africa is home to some of the most dangerous animals on the planet, and many of them pose a real threat to humans. With that said, the most dangerous animal in Africa may surprise you.

Animal products improve child nutrition in Africa A study shows that milk, eggs and fish are good for child development Date: December 3, 2024 Source: University of Bonn Summary: The consumption ...

A ‘pet’ lion attacked a woman and her three children in Pakistan recently. Big cats, such as lions, have become a craze in ...

Friends of the Frederick Trubee Davisons wondered last week which one had killed the elephant. Mr. Davison, the American Museum of Natural History's new president, had cabled from Africa, ...

Rock art in southern Africa might depict long-extinct animals that walked the Earth 260 million years ago. A new paper argues that we should consider these images a form of Indigenous paleontology ...

The largest rodent in the world — the capybara — is also one of the most common animals in the Amazon rainforest. Capybaras live in social groups typically consisting of 10 to 20 animals.

It’s a gut-wrenching concept: drought is now so bad in parts of southern Africa that governments say they must kill hundreds of their most captivating wild animals ...

The Southern African country plans to butcher over 700 wild animals, including 83 elephants and 300 zebras, to feed people and, it hopes, cut down on dangerous cross-species encounters.