The world-famous parks and reserves of Kenya and Tanzania offer some of the planet’s most awe-inspiring wildlife encounters.

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The endangered big cats are hanging on in Russia, the first country-wide survey of the animal suggests, while scientists and ...

For more than 60 million years, penguins of all kinds—including the opportunistic Magellanic penguin—have been driven by an evolutionary urge to reach beyond their boundaries. Today, many are ...

The legendary pair share their thoughts on the craft of photography, what goes into a great shot, and what they hope for the future of wildlife. Red-billed oxpeckers create a winged dance around this ...

While the birth is sparking joy, infant mountain gorillas are vulnerable, and twins can be twice as hard for a mother to take ...

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For instance, researchers use the backyard sightings that users submit to Project FeederWatch —a joint program run by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and Birds Canada —to track long-term changes in ...

After reviewing recent genetic, morphological, and biogeographic studies on giraffes, scientists have now split the single ...

Researchers thought that just one subspecies of cheetah lived in Saudi Arabia long ago. But an unexpected discovery seems to broaden the gene pool ...

Plenty of islands claim to be Galapagos-like, but are they really? These gorgeous, must-visit destinations have much in ...