Indigenous forests make up less than one percent of South Africa's landscape, but are home to some 14 percent of our terrestrial birds, many of which are endemic or range-restricted.

This study reveals that traditional biomass assessments in the Miombo ecoregion of Sub-Saharan Africa often overlook the ...

A group of zebras in the Akagera National Park in Rwanda. Africa is home to 13 percent of the world’s biodiversity and 20 percent of its forests, making it a crucial player in global ...

LIFE CYCLE: Forest elephants may live to be up to 70 years old ... and the seed dispersal provided by them is crucial to the maintenance of tree diversity in Central Africa — which houses the world's ...

BeninPalm oil is an ancient staple in West Africa ... forest fragments are disconnected from one another—islands of jungle that look intact but are largely empty of animal life.

At the same time, it is officially identifying African elephants as two distinct species: savanna elephants and forest elephants ... The Center’s Saving Life on Earth plan calls for $100 billion for ...

Africa is home to 13 percent of the world’s biodiversity and 20 percent of its forests, making it a crucial player in global environmental health. However, deforestation, driven primarily by ...