More than 30 million tourists visit Africa every year ... Although this cat mainly feeds on small birds and rodents, they're capable of taking down animals as large as antelopes.

There are about 4 million stray pets in South Africa and global animal welfare organisation FOUR PAWS says compounding the issue is the growing number of unsterilised pets which poses a health ...

The opposite is also true. In the 19th century, European cattle brought rinderpest—a virus that’s nearly always fatal to hoofed animals—to Africa, and it caused buffalo numbers to crash ...

Africa, south of the Sahara, is home to the richest diversity of animal life on the planet ... They stand nearly five feet at the shoulder, live in small family groups or herds, are sociable ...

The populations of some of Africa’s most iconic wildlife have ... aside more land to connect with other preserves to allow wild animals to roam freely. John Yang reports.