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 ...

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

By its simplest definition, a vulture is a bird of prey that feeds on carrion, which is the meat of dead animals. The media has often portrayed the vulture as a harbinger of death in books and films.

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

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

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 ...

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

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

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