The world's top expert on wild chimpanzees, who turns 91 on April 3, 2025, as been a champion of animals and the environment for more than six decades, ...

Africa, south of the Sahara ... Pity the poor human, therefore, who might try to domesticate a zebra in the wild. During the colonial era, some adventurous Europeans tried to harness this African ...

Combine that with their ability to mimic human voices ... between captive-bred and wild-caught birds. But there might be a way. Geneticists at South Africa’s University of KwaZulu-Natal hope ...

As new fossils are found and genetic sequencing becomes more advanced, the scientists hope that they’ll be able to build up an even more detailed picture of ancient human life in Africa’s distant past ...

Dozens of hippopotamuses have died from anthrax poisoning at Africa’s oldest national park. Anthrax, a severe illness most commonly caused by soil-dwelling bacteria, can infect wild animals when ...

Desert regions in northern Africa and the Arabian Peninsula have been well studied ... suggesting that there is more to be learnt about ancient human life here. We are part of an interdisciplinary ...