Also known as the “Seven Sisters,” the striking cluster has long been used as an important seasonal marker and appears high ...

A 2017 astronaut photo shows the islands of Dek and Daga lurking in the murky, algae-infested waters of Ethiopia's Lake Tana.

A 4.4-million-year-old Ardipithecus fossil named "Ardi" shows early humans walked upright, keeping ape-like climbing ...

When the controversial show The Telepathy Tapes hit the airwaves in late 2024, it did what few podcasts manage to do: make ...

One of the oldest and most important civilizations that has left the greatest mark on the evolution of human beings is the ...

Wildlife Photographer of the Year has launched its sixty-second competition, calling for entries from photographers across the globe of all nationalities, backgrounds and experience levels.

The latest IUCN assessment of the species notes that historically the slender-billed curlew was likely locally common, but ...

In the forests of South Africa lurks an arachnophobe’s nightmare – Nephila kowaci, the largest web-spinning spider in the world. The females of this newly discovered species have bodies that are 3-4 ...

South Africa's unemployment crisis is rooted in political and structural issues, not just economic ones. This article ...

Researchers have unearthed near Lake Turkana in northern Kenya fossils of hand and foot bones belonging to an extinct human ...

The team looked for an explanation as to why the myth involved a seventh bright star, visible to the naked eye. Running ...