The African Fish Eagle is a bird of prey known for its iconic call and impressive hunting abilities. The species is wide ...

The African Rock Python is one of the largest and most fascinating snake species in the world. Here are some interesting ...

The opposite is also true. In the 19th century, European cattle brought rinderpest—a virus that’s nearly always fatal to hoofed animals—to Africa, and it caused buffalo numbers to crash ...

Perhaps the most puzzling question Jared Diamond encounters as he investigates animal domestication is: Why were no large mammals ever domesticated in tropical Africa? Africa, south of the Sahara ...

The white-backed vulture is the most common and widespread vulture in sub-Saharan Africa. It is recognizable ... on carrion—the carcasses of dead animals—and, by eating flesh before it rots ...

The kill is what many tourists come to see. The harsh brutality of the animal kingdom played out on the African savannah. Few would say they came to see swarms of other tourists, charging off to ...