No African adventure is complete without spotting the “Big Five”. Here's a closer look at these iconic animals and where to ...

African elephants are ... allow them to tower over every other animal on Earth. Full-grown adult giraffes typically reach heights between 16 and 20 feet (5 and 6 meters). Hyenas are doglike ...

Perhaps the most puzzling question Jared Diamond encounters as he investigates animal domestication ... domestication of other African wild game. Rhinos, at over 5 tons in weight and immensely ...

The species is widespread and can be found in almost every country in Africa south of the Sahara. This large bird of prey has a wingspan of up to 2 meters (6.5 feet) and a weight of up to 3.5 ...

Elephants are the largest land animals on Earth ... tall and weigh around 5.5 tons (5,000 kg). African and Asian elephants also have a few different physical features. The ears of African ...

The opposite is also true. In the 19th century, European cattle brought rinderpest—a virus that’s nearly always fatal to hoofed animals—to Africa, and it caused buffalo numbers to crash ...

This unit of three sessions imagines life at a typical waterhole in the African bush as animals come and go to drink and wash…and engage in the daily battle for survival. The emphasis is on ...