Art is as old as human civilization. It predates the written word. And the world’s protected areas are home to some of the earliest surviving pieces of prehistoric art. Last year, scientists unveiled the world’s […]
Great apes not only treat themselves with medicinal plants, but they also administer first aid to each other in this way. That’s what scientists are now saying after witnessing a colony of chimpanzees in Uganda […]
The world’s oldest known bone tools have been unearthed at Olduvai Gorge, giving archaeologists and anthropologists deeper insight into the evolution of hominins and Homo sapiens. A study released today describes an assemblage of bone […]
The story of humanity’s emergence from Africa is ancient, yet relatively brief compared to the antiquity of Earth and all life found on it. Our planet is approximately 4.5 billion years old. Life is believed […]
Spanning hundreds of miles across Iran’s west, with its northern edges extending into Iraqi Kurdistan, the Zagros Mountains are popular with explorers and provide sustenance for the many villages, farms, and pastoralists that call the […]
A new research paper claims that hotter and drier days are compelling Zimbabwe’s elephants to seek shelter further south. The new study reveals how climate change impacts even the world’s largest land mammals. Elephants naturally […]
A national park in northwestern Uganda is the last stronghold for that nation’s lion population. Elsewhere in the country, lions are in decline. Conversely, hyenas and other carnivore species are faring well. Over 100 researchers […]
Populations of rhinoceroses in South Africa are still falling because illegal poaching activity is as high as it’s ever been, two researchers are now warning. Their controversial findings fly in the face of what South […]
A new study finds that community-led initiatives aren’t very good at saving forests after a national crisis. Direct government protections, however, seem effective. Domestic civil strife, armed conflicts, and political upheaval in general are known […]
Concrete scientific evidence is emerging showing the damaging effects of climate change on South Africa’s coastal national parks. Parks authorities in that country are also fretting about a rush in tourism and crowding that’s making […]
Officials in South Africa announced that a court has handed down a 10-year prison sentence to a former park ranger for poaching. Eckson Musa Matumbu was a field ranger at a section of Kruger National […]
More evidence has emerged that global warming could be hitting would-be parks visitors. New research out of Israel has revealed that fewer tourists bother to venture out to public parks during heat waves unless a park happens […]
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