The newborn nursery at The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens is getting crowded with the addition of six endangered African wild dog puppies. Zoo officials said the puppies were born April 24, just weeks ...

A caboodle of canines is quite a sweet sight, no matter how big or fluffy or tail-waggy the pooches might be. But when there are 11 pups, and they're all pretty wee, as in just a month old, and ...

In an astonishing archaeological discovery, miners in the remote Sperrgebiet region in Namibia found the wreckage of a 16th ...

Barbara Gothard — an artist whose work depicts the plight of 23 African American homesteaders during the early 20th century — will deliver a talk this week at the Victor Valley Museum. Gothard’s ...

Eleven endangered African wild dog pups were born at The Living Desert, the zoo’s first births of its 50th anniversary year. The puppies were born to Beatrix and Kiraka on Saturday afternoon and ...

The cast and crew describe how they shot those North African desert scenes. The cast and crew of Season 2 describe how they approached designing the sets and filming the North African desert scenes, ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Willem Jankowitz, his white beard trimmed into a goatee, peers at a small, purple flower through his bifocals. Everybody calls him “Doc.” His colleague, Peter Cunningham, is stretched out under their ...

At the African Development Bank’s annual meeting, held in Busan, Korea, the bank’s president Akinwumi Adesina announced that, alongside the Green Climate Fund and the Africa 50 investment fund, it ...

One day in the not-too-distant future, when the nearest star to our galaxy suddenly collapses, a group of astrophysicists from around the globe will convene to discuss the theoretical physics of the ...

Reporting from Jerusalem — Israel on Tuesday began releasing about 1,200 African migrants from a remote desert detention facility after the Supreme Court overturned legislation allowing them to be ...