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 ...

Contra Costa County residents Peter and Corie Knights founded Wild Africa, a nonprofit organization aimed at protecting ...

The continent of Africa is home to a variety of different habitats – from grasslands and deserts to jungles and forests. Because of this level of biodiversity, Africa is populated by many unique ...

Africa is home to some of the most diverse and captivating wildlife on Earth. Sweeping savannas, lush wetlands, and rugged deserts provide the backdrop for encounters with animals found nowhere else.

The textbook version of human evolution has long held that Homo erectus was the pioneering species to venture beyond Africa's borders around 1.8 million years ago. However, new analysis of five skulls ...

The Big Five animals from Africa are more than just big. They’re the group of animals that you add to the imaginary checklist in your head when you go on a safari trip to Africa. You simply have to ...

With its rolling hills, lush vegetation and sunlit canopies, the Ox Ranch looks like a scene straight out of an African savanna. The 18,000-acre preserve is home to 60 species of the world's most ...

Julien Benoit receives funding from the DSI-NRF African Origins Platform. A mysterious animal painted on a cave wall in South Africa’s Free State Province has long baffled scientists. Is it a walrus?

For the past several years, AWI has supported the Africa Animal Welfare Conference (AAWC), an annual event that draws government officials, animal protection groups, and animal advocates from across ...

Ali Khara for NPR It’s hours before dawn and the marina in Beirut’s Dbayeh district is deserted apart from a small group of men lifting a metal cage labeled “live lion” onto a yacht. The passenger is ...