Everyone knows about the rich biodiversity of Kruger National Park. Still, your safari tour in Southern Africa would be ...

Taken moments before the animal fled, the image is the “first published photograph” of this critically endangered African ...

In a river of South Africa, a patterned creature with a “sickle shaped” mouth swam through the “dark peat-stained” waters.

Molecular evidence from a 2-million-year-old southern African hominid species indicates sex and genetic differences in P. robustus.

Stellenbosch University (SU) student Rohan Barnard was out on a farm in the Swartberg Mountains between Calitzdorp and ...

The Afro-Asiatic wildcat (Felis lybica) is the world’s most widely distributed wildcat, but experts and information on the ...

A cutting-edge technique for analyzing fossil tooth enamel is revealing remarkable new information about 2 million-year-old ...

The sanctuary was set up a decade ago to give shelter to orphaned and abandoned chimpanzees. Across West Africa, chimpanzees are under threat from hunting, logging and human encroachment.

Here, we explore the top five gentle giants of the animal kingdom, revealing their unique characteristics and the roles they play in their respective habitats. The African elephant is the largest land ...