In East Africa, the Cape buffalo is also considered ... share 98 percent of their DNA with humans. Like many wild animals on this list, they will only become aggressive if threatened.

The national animal of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is the okapi. An endangered species, it is a symbol of pride for the country ...

Perhaps the most puzzling question Jared Diamond encounters as he investigates animal domestication is: Why were no large mammals ever domesticated in tropical Africa? Africa, south of the Sahara ...

Voice of a forest, the red-eared monkey is the most abundant of Bioko Island’s 11 primate species. At least 12,000 years of isolation from mainland Africa has helped produce a one-of-a-kind ...

This unit of three sessions imagines life at a typical waterhole in the African bush as animals come and go to drink and wash…and engage in the daily battle for survival. The emphasis is on ...