AFRICA

Katavi National Park is typically a lush paradise for wildlife in Tanzania. However, the upcoming dry season looms more threatening than ever before. Meet the hippo, crocodile and lion families who must navigate this change of seasons.

Many of the world’s most beloved frogs and amphibians are headed for extinction, but inside “The Ark” in Panama, some of those threatened species are given a fighting chance. Using innovative technology and breakthrough genetics, researchers have ignited a cadre of solutions to save these ...

African Wild Dog (Lycaon pictus): a wild canine native to sub-Saharan Africa. AKA: African painted dog or African hunting dog Kingdom: | Animalia Phylum: | Chordata Class: | Mammalia Order: | Carnivora Family: | Canidae Genus: | Lycaon Species: | pictus Size and Weight: African ...

After each NATURE premiere, we gather online videos we love into a playlist and round up resources for parents and teachers. From our newest film to incredible footage from around the web, here were our favorites. And don't forget, you can always subscribe to our ...

This piece comes to us from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). To honor Women's History Month, WCS and Nature are bringing you seven stories of women in the fields of nature and conservation. I have two passions in my life: aviation and wildlife conservation. I ...

This piece comes to us from Simon Nampindo,  the Country Director for Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) Uganda. Jacob is a seven-year-old male lion whose range overlaps Uganda’s border with the Democratic Republic of Congo. In 2018, Jacob was one of 11 lions that our WCS ...

Each week, we feature a worthy citizen science project or nature news segment from around the nation. This week, as we search for projects to do from home, we bring you Elephants For Africa, part of Snapshot Safari. Elephants for Africa (EFA) hopes to help ...

  Pangolin: mammals of the order of Pholidota. There are eight species of pangolins that are found on two continents. AKA: scaly anteaters Kingdom: | Animalia Phylum: | Chordata Class: | Mammalia Order: | Pholidota Family: | Manidae Four species of Pangolin are found in ...

The scent of a decaying hippo attracts all sorts of predators to the hippo's ground, where they must put up a fight to protect their own. The hippos prove that size does matter in the animal kingdom, as they fight off hyenas, lions and crocodiles.