The scimitar-horned oryx has been brought back from extinction through captive breeding. Conservationists hope it could help ...

An ultra-marathon runner has gone from winning a race in temperatures of -35C in the Arctic to setting a new course record in ...

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

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 ...

Two genomes from 7,000 years ago found in the Takarkori rock shelter reveal a lost lineage from North Africa in the Green Sahara.

ABSTRACT Mineral aerosols from North Africa represent one of the largest sources of aerosols available to the atmosphere, and their generation and transport are thought to be modulated by African ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Norval Sovereign African Art Prize, designed to elevate the work of contemporary African artists, has found its latest artist to thrust into the spotlight. Inspired by Moroccan architecture and ...

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 ...