Lions are the most-traded wildcat in the world, and the only big cat whose commercial trade is permitted under CITES, the international wildlife trade agreement. Lion body parts, including bones, ...

Check out images of East Africa’s Great Migration, where millions of animals journey across Kenya and Tanzania in a fight for ...

A local resident stumbled upon the remains of the 19,700-year-old beast. Its record-breaking horn offers new insights into life in the Ice Age.

The semi-arid Kalahari Desert stretches over parts of Namibia, South Africa, and Botswana. It’s an ecological wonderland that isn’t like your average super dry desert. It gets a lot more rain, which ...

The gray-headed bushshrike launches a ferocious attack against a venomous boomslang snake in sub-Saharan Africa.

Kruger National Park is a flagship South African conservation area home to lions, elephants, rhinos, and leopards. Tourists from all over the world flock to the park to see wildlife. But people living ...

Long considered symbols of royalty and strength, lions have fascinated humans for centuries. Although we are their biggest admirers, we are also one of their biggest threats, poaching them for their ...

Last year, African giant pouched rats like Carolina prevented nearly 400,000 new cases of a deadly disease. It's possible because of their extreme sense of smell. Carolina, an African giant pouched ...

My husband and I spent a week on our first safari in South Africa at three different reserves. I was surprised we spotted animals while self-driving and that the experience felt so sedentary. Our ...