In many African cities, we often search far and wide for energy solutions — land for solar farms, rivers for hydropower, investors from across the oceans. But what if the solution we need is already ...

Researchers sequenced whole genomes from the teeth of a remarkably well-preserved skeleton found in a sealed funeral pot in ...

Spotted in Barbour County, Alabama, just over the Chattahoochee River from Georgia, Africanized bees are known for their aggression and ability to sting people to death.

Clotilda Descendants Association holds annual Landing celebration, commemorating the arrival of the last group of Africans ...

Did you know you might never witness a more arresting sunrise or sunset than from the white sandy beaches of Takawiri Island?

Extreme weather events, including heatwaves, droughts, and floods, have increased in frequency by a factor of two or three ...

Ethiopia’s prime minister says the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Nile has been completed. Egypt has long opposed the dam, calling it an existential threat to its water supply.

The Erie Zoo's North American river otter couple go for a swim while Bornean orangutan Dasa and her son, Otis, hang out in ...

The African National Congress says David Mabuza, a former deputy president of South Africa, has died at age 64. Mabuza served ...

Dowling Watford, left, and Glenn Bakels, right, stand in Riverbend Park, once the spot where the U.S. Army battled Seminoles ...

Near a river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo sat a temporary pond, doomed to dry up eventually. Inside swam a “rainbow” creature with “large” yellow eyes. Something about it caught the ...

Fuelled by climate change and relentless pressure on land and water resources, some of the most widespread and damaging ...