Analysis - Kruger National Park is a flagship South African conservation area home to lions, elephants, rhinos, and leopards. Tourists from all over the world flock to the park to see wildlife. But ...

The first national animal to be used as a symbol in South Africa was the springbuck (or springbok), proposed in 1906 as a name for the country’s rugby team ahead of a tour of Europe.

The reserve actively manages its animal populations, exchanging individuals with other parks to keep the gene pool healthy — 10% of the cheetah population in South Africa can be traced back to ...

A South African university has launched an anti-poaching campaign to inject the horns of rhinos with radioactive isotopes, which it says are harmless to the animals but can be tracked by authorities.

The victim was “charged and trampled” by an elephant near Crocodile River at Malelane Gate in Kruger National Park in South Africa, on Saturday, Jan. 25, the South African National Parks ...

A city-approved proposal to remove baboon troops from around the Cape Peninsula has been strongly opposed by animal ...

“The frilled or silver nudibranch Leminda millecra is found only on the South and East coast of South Africa and has produced compounds that fight oesophagal cancer. Sponges from Sodwana, the ...

South Africa has reported the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of avian influenza, or bird flu, on two poultry farms in the country, the World Organisation for Animal Health said on Wednesday.

And if you go to South Africa, get Frank for your safari guide. Maybe you’ll get to see a leopard. Whit Gibbons is professor of zoology and senior biologist at the University of Georgia’s ...

A 59-year-old male tourist was trampled to death by an elephant while reportedly trying to save his grandchild at Kruger National Park in South Africa last weekend, according to a statement from ...