A recent study finds that African lion populations are declining as their herbivore prey are as well, prompting a need to protect these prey species to reverse the trend. Preventing prey depletion can ...

The measures, enacted under the world's most powerful animal protection law, will take effect in January 2016. They follow the extension of protection to African elephants and cheetahs. A U.S. agency ...

On a dawn drive through a savannah reserve in Zambia, a ranger slows the truck and points to a faint trail in the dust. It is not the spoor of an antelope or a stray cow. It is the print of a lioness ...

Deep in the heart of the African continent, the landlocked nation of the Central African Republic (CAR) has been bellowing screams for help for the past decade. Battered by French colonization and ...

A new study has found African lions produce not one, but two distinct types of roars - a discovery set to transform wildlife monitoring and conservation efforts. Researchers at the University of ...