Although dogs were the first animals to be domesticated by humans, other animals have been cooperating with people in ...

Repeated road counts across South Africa show that half of the country’s surveyed raptor and large terrestrial bird species have declined significantly over recent decades, adding to a growing body of ...

Noisy, aggressive and invasive, these big birds may not actually be geese, but they sure act like it. What you should know ...

The greater honeyguide learned to lead humans to beehives, luring them with the promise of honey so they’d unlock the wax the birds eat. The following is an excerpt from The Call of the Honeyguide: ...

In early October, 50 African gray parrots were released into the wild by the Lukuru Foundation, after having been rescued from poachers and undergoing rehabilitation for a year at a refuge run by the ...

Birds play a larger role in the dispersal of wild cotton than previously assumed. This is shown by a study in the journal Oikos, carried out in southern Africa. Researchers discovered that birds ...

A comprehensive study has revealed substantial declines in many of South Africa's birds of prey (raptors) over the past 16 years, raising fresh concerns about the conservation status of several iconic ...