Homo erectus outlived and outadapted other hominins by mastering life in extreme environments of Eastern Africa, a new study ...

Believed by many geologists to be the oldest desert in the world ... Nowadays almost all wild cheetahs are found in Africa. Cheetahs use their speed to catch prey of small animals including ...

In 1922, the very last wild Barbary lion was killed by a ... They once inhabited the mountains and deserts of northern Africa, from Morocco to Egypt. They became extinct after the spread of ...

Desert lizards are facing a 'cost-of-living' squeeze as global temperatures continue to rise, a new study finds. For a lizard ...

with African desert lizards requiring more food with less time to find it,” Dr Wild said. Researchers said the effects of warming on energy budgets are further compounded by other factors ...