Long before agriculture or cities, hunters in southern Africa were already engineering weapons that relied on chemistry as ...

South Africa’s newly released professional hunting statistics tell a story that is rarely stated plainly: trophy hunting is ...

The plant, known as kanna or kougoed by the San and Khoikhoi people, was mainly chewed or smoked to stay alert and suppress appetite during long hunts. The San were traditionally hunter-gatherers, ...

The oldest evidence for the use of arrow poison globally was long thought to come from Egypt, dating to 4,000 years ago. It ...

Chemical analysis of quartz microliths from South Africa reveals that humans were using plant-based arrow poisons around 60,000 years ago.

It’s the earliest-known case of enhancing hunting weapons with poison in the human historical record.

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Hunters longing to shoot big game in the African wild may choose a different target after public backlash against a Minnesota dentist who killed Zimbabwe's Cecil the lion ...

In Africa, the age-old conflict between predators and humans is quickly turning out very badly for lions. The greater availability of modern poisons and pesticides makes it much easier for livestock ...

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