subspecies, or breeds. These hybrids often exhibit a combination of traits from both parent species. They can occur naturally in the wild or be intentionally bred by humans, sometimes for specific ...

While we know that humans first originated in Africa some 300,000 years ago before dispersing across the globe, it is unclear exactly how the environments in which our distant relatives lived ...

Encounters between baboons and people are common in parts of South Africa. WhatsApp groups often ... with baboons acting as stand-ins for humans. People expand their settlements into areas where ...

Scientists have long believed that hundreds of thousands of years ago, humans first learned to thrive in East African grasslands before spreading out and adapting to new environments. But a new ...

Neanderthals evolved in Europe and Asia while modern humans - our species, Homo sapiens - were evolving in Africa. Judging from fossil evidence from Sima de los Huesos in northern Spain and Swanscombe ...

Cape buffalo, one of four distinct subspecies of the African ... fragmentation and conflicts with humans because of their size and aggression. In East Africa, buffalo are known to break fences ...

Giraffes face mounting threats from habitat loss and fragmentation: Growing human populations ... were once found widely across Africa in many different regions and ecosystems. Most scientists agree ...

The southern white rhino and northern white rhino are subspecies of the white rhino. Aside from living in different parts of Africa ... so rare and taboo. Human development and habitat loss ...