COIMBATORE, India — To better understand Equatorial Guinea’s tropical birds, ornithologists Luke L. Powell and Patricia Rodrigues scan the ground rather than the trees. They are searching for nests of ...

The story of how tiny ants managed to push lions to kill more African buffalo shows how the arrival of an invasive species can affect multiple animals that seem to have no connections. At an animal ...

Hornbill in rarely seen "anting" behavior. Photo: Umkumbe Bush Lodge A guide for a safari lodge in South Africa has captured extraordinary footage showing a large hornbill perched atop an ant hill ...

In the African country of Kenya, scientists have discovered that big-headed ants are making it harder for lions to hunt zebras. The big-headed ants kill another type of ant that defends whistling ...

"Across the Afrotropical and Malagasy regions, ants are one of the most conspicuous and ecologically dominant animal groups. From driver ants to weaver ants, there are over 2,000 species in Africa ...

A guide for a safari lodge in South Africa has captured extraordinary footage showing a large hornbill perched atop an ant ...