Small bands of Homo sapiens made a few failed forays leaving our home continent before the species finally managed to launch ...

Looking at an array of archeological sites in Africa, the study detailed how human populations expanded their range into the forests of Central and West Africa and the deserts of North Africa in ...

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 ...

Before the 'Out of Africa' migration that led our ancestors into Eurasia and beyond, human populations learned to adapt to new and challenging ...

Learn more about the new study which suggests humans had to adapt to different environments within the African continent ...

When it comes to African wildlife, few things capture the imagination like the Big Five animals. I still remember the first ...

Early humans tried to leave Africa many times, but only one group succeeded because they were better at surviving in different environments.

An elephant not seen in several years was recently captured on camera strolling through a national park in Senegal. This ...

Learn why the idea of an ancient African drying period is now being challenged and what this means for the story of the first ...

The vast majority of pangolin hunting in African forest landscapes is done for meat consumed ... to have curative properties in traditional medicines. In addition, their forest habitat is being ...