Even after adopting cattle, early East African herders kept hunting and gathering for 1,000 years

Eastern Africa's earliest livestock herders continued fishing, hunting and gathering for centuries after livestock were first ...
PBS

African Wild Dogs Vote with Sneezes

How does a pack of African wild dogs make the decision that it is time to hunt? One study found that packs vote on a hunt by sneezing. Attempting to Film African Wild Dogs in the Flooded Okavango ...
PBS

Attempting to Film African Wild Dogs in the Flooded Okavango

Over the course of a year, “Dogs in the Wild” filmmakers filmed over 22 wild dog species across six continents. African Wild Dogs were one of the toughest species to film due to the flooded Okavango ...
The Guardian

On the trail with the hunters who believe shooting big game can save Africa’s wildlife

One way to pay for wildlife conservation is to allow the rich to bag a few animals for high prices. But critics see this approach as an exercise in neocolonialism You can kill almost anything if ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Wild Dogs Have Muscles for ‘Puppy Eyes,’ Suggesting the Cute Expression Did Not Evolve Just for Humans

African wild dogs might use facial expressions to communicate with each other as they hunt in packs on the savanna. Arno Meintjes via Flickr under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 DEED Puppy-dog eyes are irresistible.