Africa’s flowers have been meticulously documented across 1.9 million sites on the continent and in Madagascar.

Gigantic hidden fortresses discovered 1,800 miles underground in Earth's mantle, rewrite how the planet's interior works.

A team of paleontologists led by National Geographic Explorer Paul Sereno uncovered a trove of dinosaur fossils in the Sahara ...

Former Uzalo actor Nkosinathi Maphalala, popularly known as Nay Maps, has been announced as the host of this year’s Simon ...

Can the vast and sparsely populated African country translate its renewable power potential into national development?

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Urban development can give the illusion of impenetrability against wildfires. But experts say city residents aren't off the hook. For decades the Inland Northwest's hot, dry climate has sparked an ...

Indeed, there are two gigantic blobs located beneath Africa and the Pacific ... in so doing, map out the Earth’s interior. It was by using this technique that the two unusual structures – known as ...

From stargazing in Sutherland to gold panning in Pilgrim’s Rest, these South African towns don’t just offer travels — they ...

African leaders are pushing to speed up implementation of a continent-wide deal to boost trade as growing concerns over U.S.

Macroinvertebrates include snails and larvae of dragonflies, caddisflies, mayflies and stoneflies, among others. They can be ...

A University of Kansas researcher has spent years studying "aquaterra"—his term for regions around the world once populated ...