HONOLULU >> The number of savanna elephants in Africa is rapidly declining and the animals are in danger of being wiped out as international and domestic ivory trades drive poaching across the ...

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More than 350 elephants have died from unknown causes in northern Botswana in what scientists are calling a “conservation disaster;” and the local government has not yet been able to test tissue ...

Smile big, hippos. Your pearly whites are helping scientists monitor the health of Africa’s elephants. A recent study revealed that the teeth of decades-old hippo skeletons hold information about ...

Termites are renowned ecosystem engineers. Their mounds have been described as an important element of savanna vegetation dynamics, but little is known about their large-scale impact on vegetation ...

Africa often gets crammed into neat little stereotypes, safaris, deserts, pyramids, and maybe a lion or two roaring in the popular national parks. But beyond the postcard clichés lies a continent that ...