Scientists added descriptive terms to the existing general Indigenous frog and reptile names to make them specific.

Critically endangered hooded vultures in Nigeria that once fed on the carcasses of wild animals are now largely dependent on ...

Arctic snowy owls fly thousands of miles south to Boston Logan International Airport. And every season, Norman Smith drives less than an hour to try to snatch them up.

The San Antonio Zoo just announced that a South African pygmy falcon was recently hatched, and the baby bird is no bigger ...

The African ... prey, from monkeys and warthogs to entire crocodiles. Their diet is diverse and varies depending on size and availability of food. While smaller juveniles feed on rodents and birds ...

so it’s not always easy to tell the difference between captive-bred and wild-caught birds. But there might be a way. Geneticists at South Africa’s University of KwaZulu-Natal hope to develop a ...

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While falconry (which also includes hawks, eagles, and other birds of prey) was largely the sport ... and later after immigrating to South Africa, he had begun taking in raptors that had been ...

Did you know that there are over 3,000 different species of centipedes, and scientists believe that there could be 5,000+ ...

The idea of zombies has fascinated humans for centuries. Real-life parasites have been taking over the minds of insects for ...

a court-backed agreement between the fishing industry and leading conservation organisations – BirdLife South Africa and the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds ...