Liberia is losing its forest largely due to logging, shifting agriculture, and burning of charcoal. According to Global Forest Watch, “From 2002 to 2023, Liberia lost 347,000 hectares of humid primary ...

Gris-gris are rooted in traditional African faiths that believe vital powers in animals and nature may be unlocked — to harm, ...

Ugandan farmers have been urged to embrace dragon fruit farming, which has become one of the most profitable ventures.A dragon fruit is a spiky, pink fruit that belongs to the cactus family.“It grows ...

Botanists have found a stand of rare trees in Tanzania’s Zanzibar archipelago not known to grow wild anywhere else in Africa.

Malagasy people have been using Madagascar’s unique native plants for food, medicine and handcrafts for thousands of years.

NASA announced Tuesday (Feb. 11) that the two astronauts, who hitched a ride to the International Space Station (ISS) on a ...

Here are seven medicinal plant species that have proved their worth in gold and may well have more to give to the future of ...

It is one of the most isolated landforms of continental origin, having split from the supercontinent of Gondwana millions of ...

This African lion is growing up and showing off his roar transformation. Pilipili is almost 3 years old and the oldest member of the bachelor pride at the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago. His little cub ...

Uganda's Ishasha sector in Queen Elizabeth National Park holds a secret: tree-climbing lions. These lions, unusual for their tree-dwelling habits, seek refuge from the heat and insects and keep a ...

More than 70 local versions of the “Got Talent” format have been produced across Europe, Asia Pacific, the Middle East, Africa and the ... Piff the Magic Dragon, Shin Lim, Mat Franco, Vicki ...

particularly in southern Africa. Previous studies have studied the impact of the road or land use on plant species diversity separately and have concentrated on a single plant species. Here we compare ...