Sixty-three percent. That is the mind-boggling ratio of mammal species that disappeared from Africa and the Arabian Peninsula ...

A new study assessing 91 African carnivores to identify gaps in capacity necessary for their conservation found that many species that are currently classified as 'least concern' on the ...

A new study raised fresh concerns of habitat loss for 91 African carnivores that are listed as “least concern” by conservation groups. Nyeema Harris, a professor of wildlife and land conservation at ...

African wild dogs are carnivores always thought to hunt in packs. But new DNA analysis has found they also eat small birds ...

Africa is home to a rich array of carnivorous animals, from ferocious felids like lions and cheetahs to smaller creatures like foxes and mongoose. However, many such predators are also some of the ...

Researchers have developed a noninvasive DNA tool to help monitor hard-to-trace African carnivores, including caracals and leopards, making it potentially useful in the conservation of elusive and ...

In the first large-scale paired camera trap and autonomous recording survey for large African carnivores, researchers were able to identify individual leopards by their vocalizations with 93% ...

the researchers were able to compare findings from those remains with the Bastetodon skull and demonstrate that both carnivores belonged to the same group of hyaenodonts that originated in Africa.

African wild dogs are highly elusive ... about wild dog diets that we can use to better conserve this endangered carnivore. DNA is the molecule that carries the instructions for life.