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But that’s where the similarity ends. “When you take a closer look at the distribution of species, it’s a bit out of whack,” Gaynor said. The large herbivores that were dominant before the war — iconic African animals like zebra, wildebeest and hippopotamus — were rare. Large carnivores were rarer still, with only lions remaining after the war. "The savanna now belonged to baboons, warthogs, bushbuck and especially waterbuck, which dominated the survey. “Waterbuck have been reprod...

Subscribe Animal populations in Mozambiques Gorongosa National Park have recovered in the decades since civil war wiped out most of the regions large mammals. But, new research shows that the distribution of species remains different than it was before the war. While many of Africas iconic carnivores and ungulates are now rare, other animals, like these waterbuck, are numerous. (Photo by Jen Guyton) Mozambiques civil war, which raged from 1977 to 1992, took a devastating toll on wildlife in the...

Animals have returned to Gorongosa National Park after Mozambique’s civil war, but the savanna community doesn’t quite look like it used to, researchers report. When civil war broke out more than 40 years ago, it largely spelled doom for animals in the park, a 1,500-square-mile reserve on the floor of the southern end of the Great African Rift Valley, in the heart of the country. As the decades-long fighting spilled over into the reserve, many of the creatures became casualties of the confl...

 E-Mail When civil war broke out in Mozambique more than 40 years ago, it largely spelled doom for animals in Gorongosa National Park, a 1,500-square-mile reserve on the floor of the southern end of the Great African Rift Valley, in the heart of the country. As the decades-long fighting spilled over into the reserve, many of the creatures became casualties of the conflict. Throughout the war and even for some time after, food insecurity drove people to kill the animals to feed themselves. The ...