Emilee Leibbrand and her 2-year-old son at Zoo Atlanta's opening of the African Savanna. Joann Vitelli To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in ...

A decade-long experiment on the use of high-intensity fire to control bush encroachment in South Africa's Kruger National Park (KNP) has revealed that despite an initial short-term effect, these fires ...

Research publishing October 5 in the journal Current Biology finds that mammals living in South Africa’s Greater Kruger National Park, home to one of the world’s largest remaining lion populations, ...

Stamping out fires in the African savanna generates smaller carbon sequestration gains than previously thought, an analysis published in the journal Nature found. The data from a decades-long ...

It turns out that humans might not be the only species that have individualized identifiers for each other. A new study found that African savanna elephants, an endangered species, have name-like ...

An official assessment on African elephants conducted by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has revealed that the elephants are more endangered than previously thought. The ...

Lecturer in the School of Applied Sciences, Edinburgh Napier University With all the terrible news on climate change, it’s easy to lose track of what’s happening with particular species. So, in case ...

Populations of the African forest and savanna elephant have declined sharply. The populations of Africa's elephants are now in more danger than they ever have been. The African forest elephant is now ...

Researchers have conducted the first assessment of metabolites in African savanna elephants, an important step in understanding the relationship between metabolism and health in these endangered ...

African savanna elephants communicate more like humans than previously thought, new research shows—opening up new possibilities for elephant cognition. African savanna elephants walk roam the Okavango ...