In drought periods browsing springbok feed on all plant material they can find, while grazing gemsbok, in contrast, switch their diet to a high proportion of poisonous plants -- and they survive. "We ...

The gemsbok, with its striking markings and long spear-like horns, is built to thrive where few animals can — the scorching deserts of Southern Africa. From physiological tricks like brain-cooling ...

This southern African country is one of the world’s most successful wildlife conservation stories, with many stable or increasing endangered animal populations. If there was ever an animal that could ...