African swine fever could drive a dozen wild pig species in Asia to extinction, creating untold damage to rainforests across the continent.

Slaughterhouses are places most people never want to go, and might seem like unlikely places to search for rare or endangered species. In West Africa, however, they are among the last places one can ...

The newly described species evolved in isolation on ancient forested peaks, but extensive habitat loss may already be putting ...

A baby boom is sweeping the country, and the African penguins at Ripley's Aquarium of Myrtle Beach are getting in on the ...

Annual chick counts aren't confirmed until the youngest hatchling reaches 150 days old, a benchmark for independence. The population now stands at 325 birds, up from the 51 individuals that remained i ...

With their slender bodies and long front legs, Miracinonyx trumani—often nicknamed the "American cheetah"—was long thought to be a North American analog of the African big cat. But in a new study ...

Climate change has already doubled the world’s heatwaves between 2024 and 2025 and brought more severe droughts, floods and water shortages to Africa. These changes are damaging crops, homes, ...

In mid-2025, a trio of male African wild dogs headed east through the open woodlands of Kafue National Park in west-central Zambia, away from the pack they’d grown up in. Roughly two weeks earlier, ...

Transposable elements (TEs) are key contributors to genome evolution, yet their macroevolutionary roles in adaptive ...

Our data shows that wild dogs move very differently depending on where they are. Inside protected areas, they move, hunt and rest at moderate speeds. But when they disperse out of protected areas, ...

In 2021, a three-year-old female African wild dog spent a year travelling more than 2,300 kilometres across southern Africa. She climbed in and out of the Rift Valley in Zambia, swimming rivers, ...

This World Rhino Day, discover how wild rhinos shape our ecosystems and how conservation is combatting illegal poaching.