Scientists added descriptive terms to the existing general Indigenous frog and reptile names to make them specific.

Naming all the creatures and plants in nature is no small task. Fortunate Phaka is a zoologist who has conducted the first comprehensive analysis of naming and classification of frogs and reptiles in ...

As a member of the small-scale fishing community on Langebaan Lagoon in southwestern South Africa, Warnick operated ... as well as Palearctic wader birds that travel here each spring.

Waldrop also developed contacts in Africa, South America, and Asia where he would buy existing birds that were for sale ... have exceptionally small ranges. The most remarkable species in his ...

Without pollinators, we wouldn’t have one out of every three bites of food we eat. That’s because about 35 percent of the ...

A wide variety of the exotic animals evolved on Earth over the past 60 million years Riley Black - Science Correspondent The tusks of ancient elephants came in a variety of shapes and sizes.

Originally from the Himalayas, the Indian sub-continent, and parts of Africa, ring-necked parakeets are regularly spotted across the UK, with large populations in London and the south-east of England.

While many may associate large birds with flightless ... across eastern and southern Africa. Two recognized subspecies exist: Ardeotis kori kori, found primarily in southern Africa including Botswana, ...

This elegant crane, that stands about one meter high, is almost entirely restricted to South Africa in its distribution ... usually in pairs or small family parties. The blue crane has a distinctive ...

H5N1 virus is spreading southwards in wild waterfowl into Central and South America, with associated spillover into domestic birds. Ongoing HPAI mortality also is occurring in wild birds and domestic ...

A team of scientists who study vertebrate fossil tracks and traces on South Africa's southern Cape coast have identified the ...