The case of the 39 Stormberg baboons – whose fate rests on permits lapsing, jurisdictional buck‑passing and the suggestion that ‘killing is the cost‑effective route’ – is a clarion call for reform, ...

Baboons in trouble - again. The inadequacy of animal protection laws when it comes to wild animals who create a nuisance to farmers ...

As researchers discover overlooked tattoos on mummies from around the world, it's prompting new insights about some of the ...

Forest ranger Daouda Bamba is in no doubt about who the apex predator is in Ivory Coast's Comoe National Park, ravaged by war ...

A journey through Rwanda and Uganda brings wildlife enthusiasts face-to-face with some of Africa’s most remarkable creatures.

Charles B Watts moved to Central California by way of Texas in 1850. He was a local inspector. He also owned a saloon ...

By the end of next year, the private conservancy plans to have slaughtered 600 of its resident elephants, in southern Africa's biggest mass cull for three decades.

Back in 1904, the park’s early “zoo” — if you could call it that — housed a rather small but exotic line-up: one lion, a ...

Contributing writer Chris Colin travels halfway around the world with his family to take a first-of-its-kind safari, and ...

Today in History for Nov. 15: In 1280, German theologian and music theorist Albertus Magnus died. Magnus taught famed philosopher Thomas Aquinas. In 1492, Christopher Columbus noted in his journal the ...

Uganda's only nesting colony of the Critically Endangered Rüppell's Vulture is facing destruction as charcoal burning, farming and hunting threaten Luku Central Forest Reserve in Arua District. The ...