Tag: Africa

Adolescent giraffes keen on leaving their mother’s roost don’t always disperse far and wide in search of mating opportunities. In fact, some stay put and just switch social communities in...

Dryas monkeys prefer dense vegetation in thickets of secondary forest, which means the primates are difficult to detect in their native habitat in the jungles of the Democratic Republic of...

How good are you at spotting a giraffe? While the world’s tallest land animals might seem difficult to miss, community scientists commonly fail to see and identify the yellow-spotted ungulates...

Over the past century, a growing human population has caused movement barriers for lion populations, reducing their genetic diversity. “The African landscape has changed drastically over the past century with...

Conflicts between baboons and humans surrounding wildlife reserves in Kenya could be improved by creating better compensation programs for the poorest farmers affected by primate rates. “There’s evidence to say...

A trail camera study in Ethiopia’s Bale Mountains has revealed the presence of endangered mountain nyalas in an area where the antelopes previously had not been known. “They are usually...

The seasoned trackers sat on special chairs fastened to the front of a jeep moving slowly through the savannas of Angola’s Luengue-Luiana and Mavinga national parks. They eyed the ground...

Researchers have announced the discovery of at least four new species of bats. The study — in a special issue of the journal ZooKeys focused on the coronavirus pandemic —...

Bats and coronaviruses have been evolving together for millions of years, researchers have found, resulting different strains in different groups of bats around the world. “We found that there’s a...

Rhinoceros poaching has increased in Africa as the novel coronavirus caused countries to announce national lockdowns that put a stop to big game tourism. The tourism industry motivates and funds...