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.

Discover Africa’s wildest safari countries where fewer crowds, raw landscapes and real wilderness still define the experience ...

High-definition trail cameras at a park in the Republic of the Congo reveal elusive rainforest animals. A photo shows two African forest elephants. Photo from Will Burrard-Lucas and Wildlife ...

This is Part 3 of a three-part series. Read Part 1 here and Part 2 here.The first wave of the “Sixth Extinction” outlined in ...

A scientist who has worked with the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance for two decades, protecting habitat for endangered primates in Cameroon, has been recognized by a prestigious U.K. charity for his ...

Growing up, I vividly remember reading through nature-related magazines, fascinated by the vast numbers of creatures inhabiting our planet. I spent summers at my grandmother’s West Virginia home ...

Study suggests that appetite for bushmeat -- rather than black market for scales to use in traditional Chinese medicine -- is driving West Africa's illegal hunting of one of the world's most ...

An analysis led by the University of Leicester shows that the African continent lost around 106 billion kilograms of forest biomass each year between 2010 and 2017. New research suggests that Africa’s ...

DNA pulled from the dung of African forest elephants has given experts a more accurate -- and higher -- population estimate for the elusive animal, but the species remains critically endangered, a ...

LANSING, MI – A Michigan zoo is celebrating the arrival of a new species. Staff at Potter Park Zoo in Lansing announced this week the arrival of Elombe, a five-year-old male okapi. He is now visible ...

Everyday, animals go extinct before our very eyes. Here are some species which are currently endangered and how you can help.