LIBREVILLE, Gabon (AP) — Increasing threats of poaching and loss of habitat have made Africa’s elephant populations more endangered, according to a report released Thursday by the International Union ...

MARA: ACROSS villages and towns in many African communities, folktales about the African springhare and the way it overcomes ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — An elephant's journey has brought her to Jacksonville. Mundi the elephant landed on the First Coast after traveling by plane on Friday. The flight took approximately three hours, ...

Some new animals have made Zoo Atlanta home this fall and will be exploring their habitats during the holiday season. Go take ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – At the Nashville Zoo, you will always see the animals in an exhibit that resembles their natural habitat. Nashville Zoo’s “African Field” resembles the Savanna in Africa.

When civil war broke out in Mozambique more than 40 years ago, it largely spelled doom for animals in Gorongosa National Park, a 1,500-square-mile reserve on the floor of the southern end of the Great ...

The International Union for Conservation of Nature now lists the African forest elephant as critically endangered and the African savanna elephant as endangered. Both species have experienced sharp ...

COAL VALLEY, Ill. — If you've visited the Niabi Zoo, you'd remember Savanna as the African lioness with the long sand-colored mane - a trait that made her a rare gem among her species. Due to breast ...