When it comes to African wildlife, few things capture the imagination like the Big Five animals. I still remember the first ...

For the first time in six years, an elephant was seen in Senegal’s Niokolo-Koba National Park. Grainy black-and-white footage ...

Yet among them, one creature has remained almost mythical—an elephant so rarely seen that it has earned the name "ghost ...

There are over 300 monkey species alive today, and while most are peaceful, tree-dwelling insectivores and herbivores, a ...

The article aims to serve as a travelers-health guide to the African continent. Emphasis is on diseases prevalent in the continent, available vaccines and immunization requirements.

The tallest land animal, the lanky giraffe, is perhaps the first thing you think of when you picture the African savanna.

Humans are the only animal that lives in virtually every possible environment, from rainforests to deserts to tundra.This ...

A rare elephant sighting in Senegal’s Niokolo-Koba National Park — the first in six years — is renewing hope for the species' survival.

A camera trap in Gabon’s remote Batéké Plateau has captured the first recorded instance of a chimpanzee in the region using a ...

Robert Fowler says it would take “a very large and serious effort to eradicate” the groups that have taken root in West Africa’s Sahel region — particularly Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali ...

In West Africa, private military companies are securing a growing number of contracts. British and American firms, with their extensive expertise in the field, are enjoying notable success ...

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