Turns out Toby’s new trick is thousands of years old. A pair of recently discovered fossils from Africa has immortalized a small critter’s 126,000-year-old butt-dragging habit, according to ...

New research finds that springhares, hopping rodents native to southern Africa, glow under UV light. J. Martin and E. Olson, Northland College; from Olson et al. 2021, Scientific Reports Scientists ...

Africa has a huge diversity of large mammals, but their evolutionary relationships and movement across the continent over time often remain a mystery. A new scientific study sheds light on ...

If you think dragging your butt is just a phrase, then it's time we enlighten you that it was probably actually inspired by an African mammal. A pair of recently discovered fossils from Africa ...

The African elephant is the world’s largest terrestrial mammal. Ara Monadjem, Author provided Africa is the world’s most diverse continent for large mammals such as antelopes, zebras and elephants.

A new study reveals how their disappearance "fundamentally reshaped" food webs for the species that remain today. The post ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Large wild mammals – from elephants to antelopes – are already struggling to cope with global warming. Now new research shows that ...

Since their translocation from mainland Africa a couple of millennia ago, wild bushpig (Potamochoerus larvatus) roam freely in Madagascar (Northern humid forest, elevation ~1500m.) In the ongoing ...