Images from camera traps show West African lions venturing out of protected areas and closer to humans. Researchers have an idea why.

Researchers have found a new species in the Smaug genus, named for the deadly dragon in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit.

People traded beads made from ostrich eggshells in vast exchange networks in Africa, researchers find. The practice was a way to maintain relationships.

As climate change drives huge changes in fish stocks around the world, the nations that rely on them could be in serious trouble.

A tiny termite might see an elephant's foot as a threat but losing herbivores to hunting may cause even more problems for them.

Last week, the World Health Organization declared the year-long Ebola outbreak in Congo a global health emergency. Did they wait too long?

New research explores the likelihood of violence in postcolonial sub-Saharan African countries.

Archaeology and materials science confirm the "pure gold" coins of medieval West Africa. "...the process used to refine gold in Tadmekka is real."

DNA evidence from ancient skeletons is beginning to tell the complex story of herding and farming in East Africa.

"If you're a poor farmer in Africa, you're not going to wait several years to get positive returns. You're just worried about getting through this year."