Contributing writer Chris Colin travels halfway around the world with his family to take a first-of-its-kind safari, and ...

By the end of next year, the private conservancy plans to have slaughtered 600 of its resident elephants, in southern Africa's biggest mass cull for three decades.

Most of the time, when we picture animals in our minds, we think of the more colourful animals. But there is a whole other ...

Saharan savannah country. From the bumpy back seat of the safari ­vehicle, having morphed into full Jane (as in Tarzan) mode, ...

There’s something profoundly different about watching an elephant amble across the savanna versus seeing one pace behind ...

Here’s what the science actually shows about this intriguing fungus – and why moderation and caution still matter.

Fringe-lipped bats from Panama hunt like miniature lions, using a “hang-and-wait” strategy to capture large, energy-rich prey. High-tech biologging revealed they spend most of their time conserving ...

Almost 2 million years ago, a young ancient human died beside a spring near a lake in what is now Tanzania, in eastern Africa ...

A new international study led by researchers from Aarhus University and the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) reveals that small bats can be just as efficient predators as lions—and often ...

Traditionally, paleoanthropologists believed that Homo habilis, as the earliest big-brained humans, was responsible for the earliest sites with tools. The idea has been that Homo habilis was the ...

Almost 2 million years ago, a young ancient human died beside a spring near a lake in what is now Tanzania, in eastern Africa. After archaeologists ...

Josh hunts for the truth about the Third Reich's Amerikabomber, a warplane designed to obliterate New York City; ruins of a mysterious Nazi underground city and long-lost weapons factories provide ...