CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Fifty years ago, Banhine National Park in Mozambique was a wildlife haven, teeming with herds of giraffe, buffalo and antelope. Then, it was stripped nearly bare by ...

My perfect holiday? Always some variation on this: good food, good weather, beautiful interiors, sun-drenched lounging near water, and local architecture to explore. When it comes to vacations, I’ve ...

Sitting in the front seat of an open Land Rover being driven furiously backward for about a half-mile while being chased by a bugling, ear-flapping, and very pissed off elephant matriarch is, well, ...

A TikTok video of a baboon in Hartbeespoort went viral as it peeked into a woman's home. Online users were full of jokes ...

A man in South Africa who rescued a baby hippo and raised it died after the animal mauled him several years later. For more than a decade, social media users have shared the story of a man in South ...

Playing safe is not an option for wildlife photographer Greg du Toit. The South African has spent the past two decades photographing lions, rhinos and elephants, embracing more adventure and danger ...

Cape Town, South Africa — The caracal sat on the trail ahead of us, appearing calm as it watched our group of three hikers huff up the lower mountain slope on a warm October evening. Cape Town’s ...

WINBURG, South Africa — Twelve tigers and five lions have been relocated to a sanctuary in South Africa after being rescued from circuses in Guatemala following years of abuse and confinement. The ...

A new gene study questions a widely held belief about the thousands of lions living on farms across the country bred for tourism, trophy hunts, and for use in traditional medicine. For years, critics ...

Drought is now so bad in parts of southern Africa that governments say they must kill hundreds of their most captivating, majestic wild animals to feed desperately hungry people. In August, Namibia ...