As South Africa’s elephants swell from 500 to 3,000 in the Associated Private Nature Reserves, the debate rages over how to ...

The real crisis in southern Africa is not an elephant overpopulation crisis. It’s a human land use, inequality and governance ...

Elephants confined in fenced spaces are an ecological and economic challenge, but removing the species also has consequences. At a time when virtually no one in South Africa wants elephants and the ...

The Jouberts have documented Southern Africa’s incredible wildlife for over 40 years. In their new book, “Wild Eye: A Life in ...

In March 1941, as fierce battles raged in Greece, East Africa, and China, the war’s tides were shifting beneath the surface. While Rommel prepared his North African offensive and Yugoslavia edged ...

Our former shooting editor picks his top rifles for hunting elk, bear, deer, and dangerous game over in Africa.

German authorities said Sunday they have ordered the culling of around 130,000 ducks and chickens on farms near Berlin as the country battles a surge in bird flu cases. The disease has been detected ...

Those lobbying for the reintroduction of domesticated ducks as a ‘’tourist attraction’’ are virtually signing the death warrant for these innocent birds, apart from endangering other life forms, nearb ...

Did you get through your beach picnics unscathed this summer? Or did you return from a swim only to find a “seagull” (most ...

TOKYO — The governor of Japan’s Akita, a mountainous northern prefecture, has called for the military’s help to protect residents from an unprecedented wave of bear attacks. “Exhaustion on the ground ...

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