South Africa has no official count of its tiger population. A report by global animal rights charity Four Paws showed that 359 tigers — almost a tenth of the world's tiger population — were ...

In a landmark decision, South Africa's government is set to ban new captive lion breeding facilities, marking a significant ...

There are fewer than 2,000 Cape parrots left in South Africa's southern mistbelt forests. A captive Cape parrot poses for a portrait at the Loro Parque Fundación in the Canary Islands.

For conservationists opposing the captive lion industry, this decision marks a major victory in efforts to safeguard Africa’s most iconic predators. The post South Africa to ban captive lion breeding ...

The 25,000-acre fenced area was originally set aside for animals airlifted from South Africa in 2000 in what was called Operation Noah’s Ark—a joint Angolan–South African project trumpeted ...

Conservationists have released five vultures back into the wild on a mountain range in South Africa after they were rescued ...

The first national animal to be used as a symbol in South Africa was the springbuck (or springbok), proposed in 1906 as a name for the country’s rugby team ahead of a tour of Europe. The most ...

Sheba, and 8-year-old tiger, had been held with another big cat in a small enclosure at a farm near South Africa's most heavily-populated city. Latest U.S.

Poaching is a serious business in South Africa. In 2018, there were a total of 1,873 poaching incidents in different parks across the country, according to a report from South Africa’s ...

South Africa has come up with a novel strategy to protect and expand its already abundant wildlife herds: It wants people to eat more of the animals. The idea may seem distasteful to many.