Last straw checkerboard placed at Badain Jaran Desert completes 1,856km green belt that also runs across the Tengger and Ulan Buh deserts China has completed a sand control belt spanning three deserts ...

Filmmakers of "Big Cats, Small World" share their remarkable experiences living alongside Africa's three big cat families. Writer and Director Robyn Keene-Young delves into the differences in the ...

This story is featured in the May/June 2025 issue of ESSENCE. There’s more to Africa than safari and deserts. While cities like Marrakech, Accra and Johannesburg continue to bring in hundreds of ...

Filmmakers discuss their experiences living on location with Africa's three big cat families.

Xinjiang has long stood at the forefront of China's fight against desertification. Home to the Taklimakan Desert — China's ...

A New Jersey mother of three was crushed to death by a hippopotamus on safari in Africa, according to a lawsuit by her widower blaming the US-based tour operator for failing to warn of the danger.

What's happening in Northern Africa to make a new ocean? Scientists aren't certain a new ocean will form, but they say the geologic implications of the plates pulling apart indicate it's likely. A ...

Brookfield Zoo Meerkats live in dry areas such as the Namib and Kalahari deserts in Africa, and prefer sandy or even stony ground. They avoid forests, mountains, and true deserts, the zoo noted.

The head of U.S. Africa Command, a military body responsible for defense operations on the continent, says multiple terrorist groups in Africa have grown in the past three years, Fox News reported ...

Three presidents on the partnerships that can at last transform Africa Success teeters on bold, stable funding, say Julius Maada Bio, Lazarus Chakwera and Andry Rajoelina ...

President Xi Jinping pledged on Thursday to step up China's support across debt-laden Africa with funding of nearly $51 billion over three years, backing for more infrastructure projects, and the ...