Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species was first published in 1859, introducing much of the world to evolutionary theory.

Folk art is said to carry culture from one generation to the next. If so, the humble basket is one of its original vessels, enduring today for both practical use ...

Elephant grass: The relative chromosome lengths of the BAGS 54, 65 and 91 accessions showed that the largest chromosome pair represented, on average, 10.4% of the haploid set length. Its length could ...

Namibia is a southwestern African nation roughly twice the size of California, known for having the world’s oldest desert.

As the Edmonton Valley Zoo’s most famous resident quietly shares her half-century birthday with Canada, the long-time zoo ...

I’d never considered Zimbabwe as a destination, but discover it has the same animals and wildly beautiful landscapes as its ...

Let us begin with liteya ya liboso (lesson one). Mont Ngaliema, the largest hill in Kinshasa, is taller than Mount ...

The approach here, though, is not the mass safari tourism you’ll find in many places elsewhere on this continent. Here it’s ...

If you’re overwhelmed sifting through the entire Artown schedule—600 events long—here are the highlights that caught the eyes of our arts and culture writers.

Watering holes, like other resources, are vitally important to the survival of many species, including rhinos and elephants. When food in the Kruger National Park becomes scarce, animals from all over ...

When it comes to African wildlife, few things capture the imagination like the Big Five animals. I still remember the first ...

Thousands of Seattleites celebrated Juneteenth and lifted up community at events and festivals Thursday, even as national leaders attack diversity initiatives and Black history.