The African Plant Database lists 65,000 species of flowering plants, ferns and conifers found on the African continent and ...

Macroinvertebrates include snails and larvae of dragonflies, caddisflies, mayflies and stoneflies, among others. They can be ...

Africa's tropical belt, defined by the Guinean forests of west Africa and the Congo Basin of central Africa, is globally ...

Freshwater fish are an ‘aquatic version of the canary in the coalmine’ for Africa’s rivers, lakes and wetlands, a new report ...

Social media is teeing off on Jay Cutler after posting about killing an endangered species in Africa during a hunting trip.

When conservation efforts bring a species back from the brink of extinction, it is worth celebrating. It is no easy feat to ...

Near a river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo sat a seasonal pond, formed during the wet season and already shrinking.

The world's oldest multilateral climate fund, the Global Environment Facility, is planning a new wave of wildlife conservation bonds in a bid to help African countries save endangered species and ...

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

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

The baby African pancake tortoise's birth was announced on June 10. The zoo then turned to TODAY.com readers to select the ...

Few conservationists have shaped the public conversation around wildlife protection quite like Peter Knights. Best known for ...