DNA forensics is a critical component in the investigation of crimes committed against humans, but a new court conviction in Zimbabwe has shown it can prove pivotal in wildlife crimes, too. The ...

African lions have lost roughly 95% of their population in just over a century as expanding human settlements, livestock farming, and shrinking wilderness push them into constant conflict with people ...

No fence separates Hwange National Park from the outside world. When Cecil the lion was lured onto an adjacent farm in an allegedly illegal hunt, he had to cross only a set of rarely used railroad ...

Researchers tracked 43 predators in Africa. Only to discover that Cheetahs and Lions' fear maps were being altered during ...