In Botswana, Tracking Lions and Elephants—By Bike

Contributing writer Chris Colin travels halfway around the world with his family to take a first-of-its-kind safari, and ...
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Elephant Outsmarts Hiding Lioness in Waterhole Encounter

In the above encounter, neither the elephant nor the lion appears to be happy about running into each other. Although coalitions of lions have been known to hunt elephants, an elephant is far too ...
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There's One Super Predator in Africa That Instills More Fear Than Lions

But in over 10,000 recordings of wildlife on the African savannah, 95 percent of the species observed responded with far more ...
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Blondie the Lion Is Already Being Called the “Next Cecil.” Here’s Why That’s a Problem for Lion Conservation in Africa

A male lion photographed in Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe. Whenever a lion or elephant or some other animal that has been named by the general public is hunted, there is an immediate furor across the ...
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Botswana may put elephants in cross-hairs as it moves to lift hunting ban

GABORONE (Reuters) - Botswana, home to the world's largest elephant population, may lift a ban on hunting for sport in the face of what the government says is growing conflict between humans and ...
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Tiny ant species disrupts lion’s hunting behavior

What makes the little old ant think he can disrupt the life of an African lion? Researchers say it’s more than just high hopes. In a study published today in the journal Science, a team of scientists ...