Sheltering an incredible diversity of flora and fauna, including western lowland gorillas and forest elephants, is a vast, ...

Duke of Edinburgh goes behind the scenes at zoo to prepare gorilla food - Edward paid tribute to the staff at Bristol Zoo ...

Morocco have been crowned Africa Cup of Nations champions after a major ruling stripped Senegal of the title. Senegal intends ...

Researchers exploring Uganda’s Kibale National Park have discovered seven new species of frog-like leafhoppers. The tiny ...

The government has sought to reassure the public over recent land clearing activities inside Karura Forest, saying the work is intended to support a national tree seedling production programme and not ...

From pangolin scales to elephant tusks, from African gray parrots to manatees, the illicit trade in wildlife products and ...

As the afternoon fades at the Three Sisters Caves in Kenya’s Kwale county, David Wechuli’s team begins setting up nearly invisible nets along the hillsides in the coastal forest. “When dusk arrives, ...

Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman. Wildlife poaching is a serious issue in many parts of the world. One way of monitoring ...

As Cape Town sweltered in Wednesday’s heat, the temperature in one of the classrooms in Siyabulela Primary School topped 40°C. But grade 7 pupil Cebu Mnqwazi and his friends could escape to the school ...

In the warm, humid savannahs and forests of sub-Saharan Africa dwells a tribe of flower beetles in the genus Golianthus, named after the Biblical giant due to their huge size. Along with these ...

What was once a 1,500-hectare natural reserve has been 'completely wiped out', Boushra Hamed, head of environmental affairs for Khartoum state, told AFP. Sudanese women collect firewood from what ...