Africa’s ecosystems may look different, but new research shows they are becoming more alike as food webs converge across ...

As humans break up forests and fragment habitats, it’s not just species that are lost but also the way ecosystems work, a new ...

The gemsbok, with its striking markings and long spear-like horns, is built to thrive where few animals can — the scorching deserts of Southern Africa. From physiological tricks like brain-cooling ...

Think of African elephants and you might picture them wandering among open grasslands or making their homes in forests. But in northwest Namibia, amidst an arid landscape of rocky mountains, sand, and ...

In a striking revelation, new research led by Oxford University has unveiled that Africa’s ecosystems are currently operating on less than two-thirds of the natural energy they once commanded.

Botswana's fertile Okavango Delta is one of the last remaining high-biodiversity ecosystems in the world, home to cheetahs, African wild dogs, baobab trees, crocodiles, termites and owls that catch ...