The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing added protections for seven species of pangolin under the Endangered Species ...

Pangolins are hunted mainly for meat across Africa, with local demand - not trade - driving their decline toward extinction.

Study suggests that appetite for bushmeat -- rather than black market for scales to use in traditional Chinese medicine -- is ...

Trafficking of scales for traditional medicine plays a relatively small part in the hunting of pangolins in Nigeria.

Named after Ousmane Sarr, a veteran park ranger who dedicated his life to protecting Niokolo-Koba's endangered species, the elephant steps silently into view in the black-and-white footage. His large ...

Heading off on safari in Kenya means going in search of the majestic Big Five – legendary lions, leopards, elephants, rhinos, ...

Nikkolas Smith, the bestselling illustrator, has a new children's book that takes a look at the innovative, creative dawn of ...

Researchers find more insights on P. Robustus' genetic diversity and gender classification using cutting edge techniques on ...

A fossilized colony of small burrowing reptiles that lived some 250 million years ago was recently found in South Africa.

Rearrangement of these segments into different combinations explains much of the observed karyotype variation among species. New segment combinations are produced during evolution by non-allelic ...

Their secretive nature is part of what makes them so enchanting and elusive. 17. African Elephants Are the Largest Land Mammals 17. African Elephants Are the Largest Land Mammals (image credits: ...

This study investigated the effects of forest fragment size and habitat structure on species richness and diversity of Brazilian Atlantic forest small mammal communities. During the course of 17 ...