When conservation efforts bring a species back from the brink of extinction, it is worth celebrating. It is no easy feat to implement policy changes, and it can be challenging to convince those who ...

South Africa’s national bird, the blue crane, is now at greater risk of extinction after being moved from “near threatened” ...

Conservationists have released five vultures back into the wild on a mountain range in South Africa after they were rescued ...

Five culturally and historically significant sites on the African continent have made the list. They include Maputo National Park in Mozambique and the Gola-Tiwai Complex in Sierra Leone, two ...

SUPPLEMENT: A Croydon man’s fascination with wildlife saw him travel across Europe and Africa and into the Arctic Circle in ...

The snow petrel, a strikingly white bird with black eyes and a black bill, is one of only three bird species ever observed at ...

The African Plant Database lists 65,000 species of flowering plants, ferns and conifers found on the African continent and ...

Macroinvertebrates include snails and larvae of dragonflies, caddisflies, mayflies and stoneflies, among others. They can be ...

An estimated 26 per cent of Africa’s freshwater fish species are threatened (including those assessed as Critically ...