Shrinking numbers The help has become crucial in studying and protecting the geometric tortoise, found only in South Africa’s Western Cape province and on the verge of extinction.

Dogs are five times more effective than humans at this type of search and "also help us find the smaller tortoises which are often overlooked.

Snout pressed to the ground, a border collie named Delta zigzagged through the shrubs on a private nature reserve near Cape Town, frantically sniffing for critically endangered tortoises. The dog ...

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa fired a senior member of the Democratic Alliance (DA) party as deputy trade minister, causing further friction with his party's main coalition partner.

Mayibuye Melisizwe Mandela called for white South African refugees to be deported from the U.S. so they can face criminal charges.

Two grieving dogs comforted an officer dying from cancer, and now they wait for a “hero” to adopt them. “These two sweet brothers have known nothing but love and loyalty,” a South Carolina ...

The Humane Society of Tacoma & Pierce County had its hands full when 32 maltipoo dogs were brought into the facility on Wednesday.

After 607 days in the South Kingstown Animal Shelter, two dogs have found their forever home.

Data shows that dogs are much more likely to improve our psychological well-being if we actually focus our attention on them in a mindful way.

Embeth Davidtz, photographed in Brentwood Park in July. Her directorial debut, “Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight,” was a reckoning with her South African past.