I’m sure you’ve all heard of Africa’s famous Big Five, but do you know there is also an equally...

Africa, in common with the rest of our planet, has been divided up into various biomes or ecosystems, each...

Weavers are truly magical birds, combining bright plumages with ingenious weaving talents and cheerful, noisy social lives. The IOC...

The world’s 17 megadiverse countries have either massive landmasses or are situated in tropical zones, thus supporting a very...

The wonderful family Meropidae contains 27 dazzling species, of which Africa is endowed with no less than 20 species,...

Although extinction is a natural phenomenon, experts have determined that the current rate of bird extinction is somewhere between...

Gaining independence in 1990, Namibia is one of Africa’s “newer” nations, although not quite as newborn as South Sudan...

Africa has more than its fair share of storks, with 8 of the world’s 19 species gracing the continent....