The Onymacris plana, a darkling beetle, is the first known land animal that gets cooler as it exercises, scientists said.

“The trackers will tell us where to go, and we follow on foot,” says desert guide, Bons. “We want the rhinos to experience the least human disturbance. We don’t want them used to jeeps — you can ...

Think of African elephants and you might picture them wandering among open grasslands or making their homes in forests. But in northwest Namibia, amidst an arid landscape of rocky mountains, sand, and ...

Conservation and wildlife law experts call for immediate halt to capture and export of wild elephants from vulnerable desert-adapted population. Washington, DC—Conservationists and wildlife trade ...

The Namib desert of south-western Africa can be extremely hot - the surface temperature can be over 50°C. But a surprising number of around 200 beetle species live on its bare, inhospitable-looking ...