The savanna (sometimes mistakenly spelled as "Savannah," which is in the state of Georgia) describes an African region with grasslands and minimal tree densities. This wide-open landscape becomes a ...

Creel and his colleagues have been researching wild dogs and lions in two Zambian national parks for more than a decade.

Africa, south of the Sahara, is home to the richest diversity of animal life on the planet ... Sharing their habitat with some of the most dangerous predators on earth, including lions and ...

Sabre-toothed predators once roamed ecosystems around the globe. Their fossils have been found in North America, Europe, Africa and Asia ... species and modern animals. First, we measured their ...

New study shows that tourists unknowingly alter animal behavior. Predators shift activity to the day, while prey adjust or ...

Scientists kept a 4-foot-long predator in captivity for over a decade ... After its death almost 20 years later, the 4-foot-long animal caught the attention of another pair of scientists ...

Herds of impala, wildebeest, kudu and other large herbivores are in decline across sub-Saharan Africa, in part due to rising ...

African savanna elephants, Loxodonta africana africana, are the largest land animals. They can grow to be 10-13 feet ... They are nocturnal predators and adults are solitary except for mating. The ...

The mysterious, silent giants face increasing threats in Africa ... an otherwise fairly defenseless animal a high vantage point to watch the horizon for predators. Undoubtedly linked to the ...