African wild dogs are among the most successful hunters on the planet, with an 80% kill rate that far outpaces lions. They don't need to scavenge. They earn their meals the hard way. Elephants don't ...

Long before agriculture or cities, hunters in southern Africa were already engineering weapons that relied on chemistry as much as sharp stone. New research on tiny stone points from South Africa ...

Adri Kitshoff aims her gun at the antelope and pulls the trigger. Killed in an instant, the animal collapses to the ground. The hunter rests her chin on the gun and closes her eyes in a silent prayer ...

Sceletium tortuosum is a little succulent plant that grows in the semi-arid Karoo and Namaqualand regions of South Africa. It has a long history of traditional use among the hunter-gatherers of the ...

African buffalo are considered “near threatened” by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, which determines the conservation listings for species, because its numbers have been ...

In this YouTube video, a pack of African wild dogs has caught a kudu near a watering hole. They have nearly finished devouring the carcass when a lone bull elephant turns up to take a drink. The ...