The British Ecological Society has announced the winner of their annual Capturing Ecology photography competition ...

There are many types of penguins, a family of flightless aquatic birds that live primarily in the Southern Hemisphere. Read ...

In a quiet village known as Nkhondola, in Chongwe District, Eastern Zambia, Royd Michelo and his wife, Adasila Kanyanga, have transformed their five-acre piece of land into a self-sustaining ...

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But where you live determines more than just whether you see juncos year-round or seasonally; it also determines what type of ...

People in northern Mozambique use distinct local “dialects” when cooperating with wild honeyguide birds to locate and access wild bees' nests, revealing a striking parallel to the way human languages ...

Residents of Clare Estate are fighting against illegal dumping at the Sydenham Quarry, which has transformed from a natural ...

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A wide range of mammal species are adversely affected, including both endemic (those only found in southern Africa) and non-endemic (those found in other places too) species. They range from less ...

Penguins captivate the world, but numbers are falling fast. Learn why on Penguin Awareness Day and what can still be done.