Perhaps the most puzzling question Jared Diamond encounters as he investigates animal domestication is: Why were no large mammals ever domesticated in tropical Africa? Africa, south of the Sahara ...

These safari icons make nearly every wildlife lover’s must-see list, but some of their animal attributes may surprise you. Lions, leopards, elephants, rhinos and Cape buffalo—trophy hunters of ...

The opposite is also true. In the 19th century, European cattle brought rinderpest—a virus that’s nearly always fatal to hoofed animals—to Africa, and it caused buffalo numbers to crash ...