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

Want to know how frogs in the desert survive without the lifeblood of water? Here’s a hint: think hibernation, then turn it ...

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) – The young man from Sudan holds his arms close to his sides, as if still at the mercy of smugglers who he says poured hot melted plastic over his back, whipped him with wires ...

A Portuguese ship from 1533 was found buried in Namibia's Namib Desert in 2008. It contained over 2,000 gold coins, ivory, ...

A pack of African wild dogs chased their prey, a kudu, straight into a small swimming pool in the Kalahari Desert. Watch here ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...