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The weird side of African wildlife

Africa is home to some of the most fascinating wildlife on Earth. After all, there’s a reason you think of the continent when ...
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Mineral-rich forest clearing in Central Africa draws elephants into the open

Deep in the rainforests of the Central African Republic, a clearing called Dzanga Bai pulls hundreds of forest elephants out of dense tree cover and into the open, drawn by mineral-rich soils they ...
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African species known as ‘forest giraffe’ joins Michigan zoo’s ‘diverse animal family’

LANSING, MI – A Michigan zoo is celebrating the arrival of a new species. Staff at Potter Park Zoo in Lansing announced this week the arrival of Elombe, a five-year-old male okapi. He is now visible ...
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African forest hornbills gain new protections from unsustainable trade

Negotiators discussing wildlife trade rules have agreed overwhelmingly to back a proposal that regulates the currently unrestricted trade in all seven species of African forest hornbills. Eight West ...