Overfishing and ecosystem disruption are leaving African penguins without enough food to survive. Their suffering signals a broader collapse in the ocean food web, but new policies and conservation ...

correctionA Dec. 4 article about fossils of previously unknown mammal species discovered in Africa incorrectly identified tigers as members of modern Africa's native fauna. There are no native wild ...

The African wild dog is one of Africa’s most endangered predators. African wild dogs are highly elusive, avoiding human contact and utilising vast, remote territories to remain out of sight. Current ...

A new list of threatened mammals in South Africa, Lesotho and Eswatini shows that 11 more species have edged closer to extinction since 2016. Those that have joined the International Union for the ...

One in five mammals in South Africa, Lesotho and Eswatini is now threatened with extinction, according to a new regional “Red List,” highlighting rising pressures from habitat loss and degradation.

If you think dragging your butt is just a phrase, then it's time we enlighten you that it was probably actually inspired by an African mammal. A pair of recently discovered fossils from Africa ...

Turns out Toby’s new trick is thousands of years old. A pair of recently discovered fossils from Africa has immortalized a small critter’s 126,000-year-old butt-dragging habit, according to ...

In the ongoing biodiversity crisis, large terrestrial animals are more threatened by extinction than any other group of organisms. The African continent holds an impressively intact large-mammal ...

Henry W. Setzer, curator at Division of Mammals at the National Museum of Natural History, conceived and directed the project in which more than 40 collectors worked in more than 20 countries across ...

Africa has a huge diversity of large mammals, but their evolutionary relationships and movement across the continent over time often remain a mystery. A new scientific study sheds light on ...

Joseph Ogutu is a Senior Statistician and Researcher at the University of Hohenheim in Stuttgart, Germany. He is affiliated with The Greater Serengeti-Mara Conservation Society and the One Mara ...

Since their translocation from mainland Africa a couple of millennia ago, wild bushpig (Potamochoerus larvatus) roam freely in Madagascar (Northern humid forest, elevation ~1500m.) In the ongoing ...