Why are the populations of Africa's most iconic animals — lions, giraffes, zebras, and others — plummeting? And what's being done to stop it?

Many animals in southern Africa feed on beeswax and, by doing so, they help maintain a unique partnership between humans and birds that lead honey-hunters to wild bees’ nests.

Instead of celebrating and honoring the legacy of black people for Black History Month, a Chicago elementary school is under fire for assigning students to a project on African animals, according ...