In the Kinshasa Botanical Garden, a troupe of cardboard animals – monkeys, a gorilla, leopards, a giraffe – stand at ...

The colourful tropical birds are native to West Africa and Southern India, so what on earth are the little green birds doing ...

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

A trip to this country in Africa is an incredible opportunity to see wildlife both on land and on the sea, then relax in ...

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

When people discuss online fraud, the focus is often on those who directly deceive victims. Little attention is given to ...

“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.

Musa was asleep in the village of Dusuman in northeast Nigeria when he was awoken by a sharp burst of gunfire and Boko Haram ...

The volcanic island of Bioko, about 160 kilometers, or 100 miles, northwest of mainland Equatorial Guinea, is carpeted in ...

Research on cybercrime is expanding in west Africa, particularly studies of Nigeria and Ghana ... This is a form of ...

It's one of the largest zoo projects ever undertaken in the UK - see our gallery of photos from the new Heart of Africa ...