Credit: Chester Zoo/Cover Images The largest UK zoo habitat ever created is set to open at Chester Zoo - where it will be home to 57 varieties of African beast. The new Heart of Africa zone ...

If there were any contender for a real-life equivalent to the Oliphaunts of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle Earth, it would be ...

Reports of a dinosaur-like beast known as the Mokele-mbembe are on the rise in The Democratic Republic of Congo ...

Exploring African wildlife is a one-of-a-kind experience to see diverse ecosystems and majestic beasts in their natural ...

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Similar antisocial characteristics have prevented the domestication of other African wild game. Rhinos, at over 5 tons in weight and immensely strong, could have been terrific beasts of burden for ...

Despite a continent-wide ban, illegal trafficking of the beasts of burden continues to thrive in Africa, with local communities caught in the crossfire of Chinese demand for ejiao gelatin. Amina (last ...