Were you glued to Kingdom, the latest Attenborough blockbuster from the BBC? The fierce interactions between the show’s four ...

As a corner of Africa heats up, new research shows how the future of the species rests with powerful matriarchs making tough ...

The numbers were horrifying. The censuses showed Africa’s elephant population crashing in number from 1.3m in 1979 to 600,000 ...

The video clip showed two men walking near a gemsbok. They walked onto the side of a path to increase their distance from the animal, but they were still too close. The gemsbok, sensing a threat, ...

The Research That Changed Everything Scientists discovered that animals are twice as likely to flee and vacate an area faster ...

IT’S a race against time to save the world’s fastest land mammal as cheetah numbers continue to plummet. Only about 7 500 remain in the wild, with roughly 1 400 of them in South Africa.

Who is the ultimate fighter? Compare the wolverine's superior size and power against the honey badger's legendary, bite-proof ...

In the animal kingdom, the creatures with the biggest hearts – relative to their size – are often the tiniest among us.

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An optical illusion is a visual phenomenon where the brain misinterprets what the eyes perceive, creating a false or misleading impression of reality. This happens because the brain processes visual ...

JOHANNESBURG and LONDON -- At least nine people were killed early Sunday as a group of assailants opened fired with pistols ...