Analysis - Africa's tropical belt, defined by the Guinean forests of west Africa and the Congo Basin of central Africa, is globally recognised for its astounding biodiversity.

Protected areas are crucial for wildlife conservation, but many are under unprecedented pressure associated with exponential ...

Looking at an array of archeological sites in Africa, the study detailed how human populations expanded their range into the forests of Central and West Africa and the deserts of North Africa in the ...

An African forest elephant -- nicknamed the "ghost elephant" due to its incredibly infrequent sightings -- was spotted in Senegal for the first time in five years.

Early Humans Thrived in Diverse African Habitats Before the 'Out of Africa' migration that led our ancestors into Eurasia and beyond, human populations learned to adapt to new and challenging habitats ...

It documents how human hunter-gatherers in Africa began about 70,000 years ago to embrace a greater diversity of habitats such as thick forests ... expanded their range into the forests of Central and ...

It documents how human hunter-gatherers in Africa began about 70,000 years ago to embrace a greater diversity of habitats such as thick forests and arid deserts, acquiring an adaptability useful ...

The Budongo Forest Reserve is about 4,160 km from the habitat of the Taї chimpanzees of Côte d’Ivoire. “We can rule out that the different signals used in each community have a genetic origin.

I was studying reptiles under threat in west Africa's forests with a team of ecologists from African and European countries. I realised that the Goliath beetles shared the same habitat and could ...

New research led by Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology scientists challenges conventional ideas about the habitability of ancient tropical forests and suggests that West Africa may have been an ...