No, this photo-bombing pachyderm is not an apparition, a phantasm or a spooky specter. He is the only African forest elephant to be spotted — via remote trail cam — in Senegal’s Niokolo-Koba National ...

Research finds that appetite for bushmeat – rather than the black market for scales to use in traditional Chinese medicine – may be driving West Africa’s illegal hunting of one of the world’s most ...

Small bands of Homo sapiens made a few failed forays leaving our home continent before the species finally managed to launch a major dispersal out of Africa roughly 50,000 years ago, going first into ...

The rampant destruction of West Africa’s forests, and forests across the continent, has a significant impact on the climate crisis. One study estimates that between 2010 and 2018, the region ...

HABITAT: Forest elephants occupy the rainforests of West and Central Africa. RANGE: ... Other small populations occur in West Africa in the forested regions of C te d'Ivoire, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, ...

I was studying reptiles under threat in west Africa's forests with a team of ecologists from African and European countries. I realised that the Goliath beetles shared the same habitat and could ...

The Budongo Forest Reserve is about 4,160 km from the habitat of the Taї chimpanzees of Côte d’Ivoire. “We can rule out that the different signals used in each community have a genetic origin.

The new findings also strengthen an argument that H. sapiens evolved roughly 300,000 years ago via mating among populations based in different African regions and habitats, including West Africa ...

Moo Deng: The shrinking habitat of the world's most celebrated hippo. 27 September 2024. Share Save. Isabella Kaminski. ... and it is difficult to conduct research in West African forests.

The secret treasure trove still hidden in Africa’s forests. The ‘last biotic frontier’ – home to priceless biodiversity hotspots and carbon sinks – lies in Africa’s elusive tree canopies.

Bogui undertakes research in Taï National Park, which is the largest primary rainforest under protection in West Africa and has a place on UNESCO's World Heritage list. "This park offers suitable ...