African Cup teams draw inspiration from their nations' unique wildlife and rich histories for their nicknames. From the Atlas ...

Cameroon, South Africa and Nigeria, also known as the Indomitable Lions, Bafana Bafana and the Super Eagles, have been ...

In a type of relationship known as mutualism, two different species benefit from one another through cooperation. While some ...

A new Oxford-led study reveals Africa’s animal energy flow has fallen to two-thirds of historic levels, with big consequences ...

An Ethiopian wolf, Africa’s most endangered carnivore, was found shot in the leg. What happened next was astonishing.

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – The Merry Menagerie is Disney’s Animal Kingdom’s enchanting holiday offering that transforms Discovery Island into a winter wonderland filled with life-size animal puppets.

Eight African penguins hatched at the Maryland Zoo during the recent breeding season, adding to the population of the critically endangered animal, officials said Monday. The zookeepers have chosen to ...

In South Africa there’s a little-known ecosystem, containing more plant species than the entire Amazon, plants that are found ...

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Photojournalist Ami Vitale followed Przewalski’s horses—once declared extinct in the wild—on a 2,000-mile journey back to their ancestral home. (And only one tried to escape.) Przewalski's horses once ...

This story originally published in the September 2008 issue of National Geographic magazine. See more digitized stories from our archives here. The biologist Iain Douglas-Hamilton is walking up on an ...

But in doing so, they trudge ever-closer to pack leader Storm’s hidden hideout, which protects a group of pups. The dogs work ...