Africa, south of the Sahara, is home to the richest diversity of animal life on the planet ... sharing a genus (Equus) and a common ancestor. They stand nearly five feet at the shoulder, live ...

The white-backed vulture is the most common and widespread vulture in sub-Saharan Africa. It is recognizable ... on carrion—the carcasses of dead animals—and, by eating flesh before it rots ...

Cape buffalo, one of four distinct subspecies of the African buffalo, are the most common. They’re distinguished ... Buffalo and bison aren’t the same animals. How the misnomer came to be ...