Geographical Location: Africa

Prolonged drought may be affecting these desert-dwelling gazelles

Could naming animals boost public support for conservation?

Adult female appears healthy, and may have crossed the border from Cameroon

Researchers studied the recently reported behavior in turtles around the world

The dusky tetra was found in two different sites in Madagascar’s tropical forests

African painted dogs are among the most endangered canids in the world. These predators range widely, albeit thinly, in various pockets of the continent in the wild. The largest contiguous...

At a shoulder height of nearly eight feet, an elephant may seem easy to spot. But these giant mammals are surprisingly cryptic in the forest ecosystems they occupy. As a...

Rwanda is hosting Africa’s first congress addressing protecting areas as part of a continental effort to help preserve wild lands and waters in the face of limited conservation budgets. The...

Two decades of conservation efforts have benefited sea turtles in the Republic of Congo. In a study of nesting trends in the country, researchers found olive ridley sea turtle numbers...

When hyenas get trapped in illegally set snares intended for poaching herbivores for bushmeat, they may continue to live long lives, but their reproductive success can decline. Since 1987, Leibniz...