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 ...

Africa is the last stand for wildlife. That is how Peter and Corie Knights describe the continent they have devoted their ...

Saharan Africa towers the giraffe, draped in mosaics of brown and tan patches. Long regarded as a single species, this iconic ...

That humans originated in Africa is widely accepted. But it's not generally recognized how unique features of Africa's ecology were responsible for the crucial evolutionary transitions from ...

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 ...

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 ...

Researchers from the School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences (APES) have contributed significantly to a major ...

A newly hatched group of African penguin chicks in Maryland helps boost the steadily dwindling global population.

Wildlife Conservation Society, African Elephant Specialist Group (IUCN) and Honorary Professor, University of Stirling Fiona Maisels works for the Wildlife Conservation Society (Global Conservation ...

Maryland Zoo has hatched more than 1000 African penguins over the past 50 years, and the zoo claims it is home to the largest ...

The Maryland Zoo has announced the hatching of eight critically endangered African penguin chicks this breeding season.