Natalia Borrego, a biologist specializing in African mammals, has conducted a few pilot studies of honey-badger intelligence with some of the badger residents at Moholoholo, including Stoffel’s ...

A honey badger has wreaked havoc at the newly-established De Hoop Nature Reserve African penguin colony in the Western Cape, killing 11 of the endangered seabirds in one fell swoop. “It was ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. For centuries, a tale of the honeyguide bird and honey badger ...

That honey badgers can break through even 'predator-proof' barriers was evident in De Hoop Nature Reserve when a honey badger killed 11 endangered African penguins - a major setback for their ...

So it shows a honey badger the way to the nest ... a team of young researchers from nine African countries, led by researchers at the University of Cambridge and the University of Cape Town ...

Young researchers interviewed 400 honey hunters from nine different African countries to gather anecdotal intel on badger-bird relations. Despite the Western legend, 80 percent of respondents said ...

The honey badger, Mellivora capensis, defies its small size with fearless tenacity in the African wilderness. Resilient to scorpion venom and immune to snake bites, it roams savannahs and forests ...

The story is that an African bird called the greater honeyguide summons an animal called a honey badger to help it break into a beehive, and the two share the plunder. Despite decades of reports ...