African elephants are the largest mammals that live on land. (Ben Curtis / Associated Press) By Deborah Netburn Staff Writer . April 20, 2018 3:30 AM PT . Share via Close extra sharing options.

A genus of around 20 burrowing frog species found mostly in South Africa is famous for its members' short limbs, flat, angry-looking faces, and rounded “golf-ball” like bodies. Now, this collection of ...

Scientists in Africa have unearthed the remains of six new species of large prehistoric mammals, including an ancestor of elephants and a 5,000-pound rhinoceros-like beast that roamed Ethiopia's ...

Analysis - Africa is the world's most diverse continent for large mammals such as antelopes, zebras and elephants. The heaviest of these large mammals top the scales at over one ton, and are ...

The big mammals for which Africa is so famous are vanishing in staggering numbers. According to a study published last year: Africa’s large mammal populations have dropped by 59% in just 40 years.

Africa has a huge diversity of large mammals, but their evolutionary relationships and movement across the continent over time often remain a mystery. A new scientific study sheds light on ...

African bullfrogs approach parenting a little differently from many other species. It is the males who take on the heavy ...

Elephants, rhinos, and other African mammals are more scared of hearing human voices than lion vocalizations. A lion in Kruger National Park (L) and an elephant shown in a screenshot of a camera ...

More than half of the species in five mammal groups went extinct in Africa about 34 million years ago, scientists recently discovered. Skip to main content. Open menu Close menu ...

Diet may be a key factor for Influenza A virus exposure in wild African mammals. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2019 / 03 / 190306081659.htm.

"In the context of our study, which focused on African and Arabian mammals, the largest species were fossil elephants, with some reaching over 10,000 kilograms (about 22,000 pounds).