A local government in South Africa has said that its elephant population has become too large, but its plan to reduce numbers has drawn sharp criticism. Mongabay reports that the North West Parks and ...

Scientists knew almost nothing about how ebony trees, used for guitars and piano keys, grow. A new study reveals the secret ...

Dr Festus Ihwagi, Senior scientist and Research policy lead at Save The Elephants and Dr Paula Kahumbu CEO of Wildlife Direct during a press conference in Nairobi on August 12, 2024. [Edward Kiplimo, ...

Being a strong advocate for animals and the environment, the dangers of hunting play a big role in Gary Larson's The Far Side ...

A super tusker isn’t just any elephant. These are bulls with tusks so massive that each one weighs at least 100 pounds.

CNN — (CNN) — Botswana’s President Mokgweetsi Masisi has threatened to send 20,000 elephants to Germany amid a dispute over the import of hunting trophies. ”Twenty thousand elephants for Germany, this ...

The incident also resulted in significant damage to the crew's personal electronics, with cameras and phones being wrecked, ...

A fed-up mamma elephant charged a group of careless tourists who drifted too close to its babies in Botswana’s wetlands and trampled a blundering woman, nearly drowning her, wild footage shows. A ...

What is today a bustling capital once stood on the brink of desolation. In the seventeenth century, Dhaka was among the most ...

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Extracted from: Heritage of Zimbabwe (Harare) no. 8, 1989, pages 9-33. In this study of hunting scenes involving large animals in the rock painting complexes of Zimbabwe, Garlake hypothesizes that ...