Africa is home to some of the most fascinating wildlife on Earth. After all, there’s a reason you think of the continent when ...

When it comes to African wildlife, few things capture the imagination like the Big Five animals. I still remember the first time I saw a rhino. It was about 20 years ago, and I was on my first ever ...

The dinosaurs, for one, are past creatures that we all know were once on our planet but are now gone. Thankfully, too, because have you seen the pictorial description of those humongous beasts?

Despite heavy poaching of rhinos, South Africa’s Kruger National Park is still a natural paradise. One of the largest remaining lion populations in Africa lives there. Yet there is something the local ...

The populations of some of Africa’s most iconic wildlife have been bouncing back thanks to decades of conservation efforts. But activists are warning that climate change and human activity are ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There's no doubt that lions are one of the most ferocious predators on the African savanna, but they pose more of a danger to ...

Have you ever wondered what the world’s largest land animal might be? While some land animals (giraffes) might be taller, and some marine life (blue whales) might be heavier, one animal stands alone ...

Elephants approaching a waterhole in Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe. Rudi van Aarde Africa is home to about 410,000 savannah elephants (Loxodonta africana), most of them living in southern Africa.

Don't let their homely appearances fool you: these 'Ugly Five' animals are definitely worth a first and second look on your ...