I am standing on a dune looking out to sea. It's 2024, but I'm thinking about a very different time. Hundreds of thousands of ...

A giant anaconda, a vampire hedgehog, a dwarf squirrel, and a tiger cat were among the new species named by science in 2024.

It is hard to obtain figures for how many plants are being poached, but the non-governmental organisation Traffic reports ...

Ever since his first hard-won sightings of African manatees, award-winning marine biologist Aristide Takoukam Kamla has been ...

The African Grey Parrot is mainly found in West, Central and East Africa, in countries such as Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.

"I did not expect to find such clear differences in the skull shapes of giraffe – before I started looking more closely, I ...

From a toadstool with teeth to a vine smelling of marzipan and a flower that has cheated its way out of having to ...

Local researchers have uncovered a total of 122 pet shops and seven websites selling 24 non-native small mammals in South Africa.

The team's research also noted that the type of mosquito population was most predictive for Zika levels over climate ...

For those looking for the "real" Africa, the world-renowned Kruger National Park is home to an unrivalled diversity of life, ...

Researchers at the California Academy of Sciences have unveiled a list of all the new animal, plant and fungi species that ...

16, 2024 — Researchers have uncovered unexpected diversity in the genetic processes that determine the sex of the African clawed ... Botanists Name Beautiful New Species of 'Lipstick Vine ...