The fastest animals in the world fly, swim, and run on land. Most of them are birds you probably have never seen before, especially the Frigate Birds that can stay up in the sky for a week.Here are ...

Africa, south of the Sahara, is home to the richest diversity of animal life on the planet ... sharing a genus (Equus) and a common ancestor. They stand nearly five feet at the shoulder, live ...

Cape buffalo, one of four distinct subspecies of the African buffalo, are the most common. They’re distinguished ... Buffalo and bison aren’t the same animals. How the misnomer came to be ...

Certain animals have evolved remarkable speeds to catch prey or evade predators. The ostrich, impala, and kangaroo showcase ...

The white-backed vulture is the most common and widespread vulture in sub-Saharan Africa. It is recognizable ... on carrion—the carcasses of dead animals—and, by eating flesh before it rots ...