Nat Geo scientist warns of rapid decline in African wildlife in new documentary - Africa: Earth’s Wild Home is narrated by ...

By Brian Kenety Ejiao worth billions, rhino horn, pangolin scales, lion bones and a booming trade in seafood 'treasures' have ...

As calls for trophy import bans grow in Europe, researchers say not so fast. A massive study found that so-called trophy hunting in Africa ultimately helps wildlife, habitat, and local people when ...

Poaching elephants and rhinos for their ivory is a barbaric act that has caused a devastating decline in their populations. Sadly, according to the Humane Society International, 25,000 African ...

The number of outbreaks of diseases that jumped from animals to humans in Africa has surged by more than 60% in the last decade, the World Health Organization said, a worrying sign the planet could ...

When it comes to African wildlife, few things capture the imagination like the Big Five animals. I still remember the first time I saw a rhino. It was about 20 years ago, and I was on my first ever ...

Each year, millions of wild animals, including imperiled species, fall victim to an illegal wildlife trade with an annual estimated value between $7 billion and $20 billion. Wildlife trafficking ...

The dinosaurs, for one, are past creatures that we all know were once on our planet but are now gone. Thankfully, too, because have you seen the pictorial description of those humongous beasts?

Across most of the world, and particularly in the tropics and subtropics, large wild aquatic animals – such as manatees, turtles and dolphins – are being hunted and traded. This is not a new ...

In order to understand foodways and subsistence strategies of humans in the past, as well as distributions of ancient animal species, it is critical for archaeologists to accurately identify animal ...

Africa is known for its incredible biodiversity. From the desert to the wide-open plains, the forested cliffs to the coral reefs, the continent is rich in plant and animal species found nowhere else ...

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 ...