Africa

Can this “frozen zoo” resurrect the Northern White Rhino?

The mountain gorilla population is small and inbreeding levels are high – and now there’s evidence this inbreeding may explain why some gorillas have distorted facial features

Researchers have announced the discovery of bone tools in a cave in Morocco that appear to have been used to carefully remove skins and fur from the bodies of dead animals. The skins recovered this way were apparently used to make clothing.

Such a find would not normally be considered remarkable. But these particular tools are approximately 120,000 years old, which pushes the timeframe for clothes-making practices farther back into the past than scientists would have once believed was possible.

‘Wealthy peers’ in the party blamed for lobbying against animal welfare measures in case they affect shooting in UK

A pack of dogs have been trained to protect South Africa’s wildlife, and have already saved 45 rhinos from: being poached.

Many breeds of dog from beagles to bloodhounds have – been used to protect the endangered species from poachers. The dogs begin training from birth and learn how to handle all – the pressures of real operations before beginning to work at 18 months old.

Oldest Fossils of Egyptian Cobra Ancestors Found in Fayoum Depression

After surviving a stressful journey being smuggled into Jordan for the exotic pet trade, the confiscated Nile crocodile “Mahzooz” (meaning “Lucky” in Arabic) is currently in the process of making its way back home to the wild.

‘We don’t know from which creature humans and chimpanzees evolved’

Modern Humans Began to Evolve, and Almost Immediately Split Into Three Groups

A two million-year-old skull in South Africa that sheds new light on human evolution has been discovered by Australian researchers.

The fossil was a Paranthropus robustus male, a species that lived as a ‘cousin species’ alongside our early human ancestors.