Feasts, frogs and flowers: Africa's top shots
A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent and beyond:From the BBC in Africa this week: ...
'Heart of Africa' prepares to open at Chester Zoo with 30 new jobs created
Chester Zoo is preparing to open its new 'Heart of Africa' attraction which is expected to bring an additional 200,000 ...
First look at Chester Zoo's huge new African savannah where giraffes and zebras roam
It's billed as a "breathtaking sight" where visitors, for the very first time, will get to see giraffes, zebra, antelopes and ...
Huge new Chester Zoo zone with 57 African species to open
Chester Zoo's new Heart of Africa zone is 22.5 acres and makes up one fifth of the zoo (Image: Chester Zoo) These include ...
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To Mate, This Frog and Her Sex Partners Work Up a Lather
After a heavy rain swells pools in the African landscape, male frogs gather in poolside vegetation and call for mates, while females in the pools absorb water through their skin. When she’s ...
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Marked swelling with coalescing ecchymoses of the lower mandible in a Xenopus laevis frog
A female African clawed frog, Xenopus laevis, was housed at the Biological Resources Facility of North Carolina State University in a tank with two other females. The frog was ∼1.5 years old and ...
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Africa Congo In pictures: Congo
The Congo rainforest covers the very heart of Africa. From the crowded, competitive centre of the forest to the open edge of the Atlantic ocean, this is all about carving out space in a crowded world.