Around the same time, bush-meat sales increased in Malabo. As in much of West Africa, bush meat, from wild animals in the forest, particularly from monkeys, is prized as a delicacy, even though it ...

There’s also the forest buffalo, the West Africa savanna ... a virus that’s nearly always fatal to hoofed animals—to Africa, and it caused buffalo numbers to crash across the continent.

These discoveries suggest that humans were able to live in rainforest before they left Africa, the home of our species. Until ...

Every investigation into the Great African Sea Forest shows us something new! In this episode of Explore The Shore, Charles chats with his former student, now colleague, Dr. Jannes Landschoff ...

We hypothesise that ‘intermediate’-looking animals are a result of hybridisation, or the adaptation of some populations of forest origin to a more open environment in West Africa.

They will study how these animals use the forest habitat and interact with humans. Consuming wild animals is popular in many parts of Africa for complex reasons, including tradition, subsistence ...

Unlike traditional forests, these are not forests of ... they protect themselves from flames, grazing animals, and the relentless African sun. Their underground stems, called lignotubers, store ...