When it comes to African wildlife, few things capture the imagination like the Big Five animals. I still remember the first ...

Todd Pitock on Lunch Break describes what it's like to tee off among wildebeest and zebras at the Legend Signature Course in South Africa, one of several luxurious golf courses situated on ...

British hunters brought home in just one year the bodies of at least three African elephants they had shot, as well as scores ...

Africa is home to some of the most incredible wildlife on Earth, but it also harbors some of the most dangerous animals that pose real threats to humans and other creatures alike. In this ...

EXCLUSIVE: A British vet and a dedicated team of rangers and pilots tagged these elephants for the first time in a bid to ...

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The premise of Dr Stephanie Klarmann’s article, Dead wild animals by numbers — Professional Hunters Association stats tell a grim tale, (Daily Maverick, 8 April 2025) is understandable.

Over a million species of animals and plants are now hanging by a thread, more than ever before in human history, says the ...

For more than a decade, a male leopard named Neluma has maintained dominance over Sri Lanka’s Wilpattu National Park, his ...

Research finds that appetite for bushmeat – rather than the black market for scales to use in traditional Chinese medicine – may be driving West Africa’s illegal hunting of one of the world’s most ...

This meat (“bush meat” as it is also popularly known in Africa) provides a valuable source of animal protein and minerals , especially where alternative domestic protein sources are scarce. Although ...

The Black Mamba and the Mongoose engage in a deadly predator-versus-predator battle in the African wild. The Mongoose, though ...