The highest mountain peaks of this range are so inhospitable and difficult to access, because of the lack of roads and water, that few have ever scaled them. The exceptions are local herders of the ...

A new species of African pygmy toad was discovered during an expedition in 2016 to Angola's second highest peak, the Serra da Neve Inselberg. The new species was discovered and described by an ...

Scientists found a legless animal with a “collar” under a rock in the mountains of Angola and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Luis M. P. Ceríaco In the mountains of Angola, a ...

Scientists found a pregnant patterned animal in the Namba mountains and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from W.R. Branch and Baptista, Vaz Pinto, Keates, Lobón-Rovira, Edwards and Rödel ...

Fires and unsustainable wood harvesting have depleted the Afromontane forests on Mount Moco, Angola’s highest mountain. The forests are home to a diverse variety of birds, some found only in Angola.

Researchers have found a new species of African pygmy toad in Serra da Neve Inselberg, an isolated mountain and Angola’s second-highest peak. The new species, formally named Poyntonophrynus pachnodes, ...

The Kaokoveld region, covering north-western Namibia and south-western Angola, is one of the remotest areas in southern Africa. Although it’s extremely dry, it is a centre of species endemism: many ...

Due to many years of conflict, the biodiversity of Angola remains one of the least known in Africa. Recently, scientists from Angola, Portugal, and the United States conducted a series of field ...

The Kaokoveld region, covering north-western Namibia and south-western Angola, is one of the remotest areas in southern Africa. Although it's extremely dry, it is a centre of species endemism: many ...

A new species of African pygmy toad was discovered during an expedition in 2016 to Angola's second highest peak, the Serra da Neve Inselberg. This small toad is distinct among its close relatives in ...