The desert is famously unforgiving, with daytime temperatures reaching up to 58C, while nighttime temperatures can plummet to ...

Our early human ancestors might have been more adaptable than previously thought: New research suggests Homo erectus was able ...

A million years ago, a species known as Homo erectus most likely survived in an arid desert with no trees. By Carl Zimmer ...

The new species of African house snake is known from only one specimen, a roughly 10-inch long juvenile snake caught “in high ...

The stunning city is famously remote, but those who visit are bowled over by its clear sky-blue waters and lush vegetation, ...

The Sahel is a narrow belt of land which lies immediately to the south of the Sahara Desert and which extends across most of Africa. The main causes of desertification include: ...

Bir Tawil is a 2,060-square-kilometer stretch of desert in Africa that no country claims. Between Egypt and Sudan, this barren expanse lacks governance, recognition and any real owner. Unlike ...

Twenty-two are African languages, among them Ga (745,000 speakers in Ghana), Tshivenda (1.3 million in South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique), and Wolof (8 million in Senegal).