More than 30 million tourists visit Africa every year. It's the destination for safaris and on many bucket lists for globetrotters and thrill-seekers. Some of the most dangerous animals on the ...

Perhaps the most puzzling question Jared Diamond encounters as he investigates animal domestication is: Why were no large mammals ever domesticated in tropical Africa? Africa, south of the Sahara ...

One of the more immediate ancestors of modern humans, Homo erectus, lived between 500 thousand and 1.5 million years ago and it is with this species that we see the first signs of organised ...

The mysterious, silent giants face increasing threats in Africa. Relocating animals to create new populations could bolster some species but poses new risks. A Texas taxidermy shop displays a ...

A pest to ranchers, a prize to hunters, and a temperamental tank to anything that bothers it, African buffalo roam by the thousands in sub-Saharan Africa. Cape buffalo, one of four distinct ...

There are about 4 million stray pets in South Africa and global animal welfare organisation FOUR PAWS says compounding the issue is the growing number of unsterilised pets which poses a health ...