Tiny but Ruthless: The 2-Pound Cat That Rules Africa’s Night from Rodent-Dug Burrows (Image: Hal Brindley) New research in southern Namibia shows that the elusive black-footed cat relies heavily on ...

New research shows female black-footed cats rely heavily on abandoned springhare burrows to shelter themselves and raise their kittens, using a constantly shifting network of underground dens to ...

MARA: ACROSS villages and towns in many African communities, folktales about the African springhare and the way it overcomes challenges are loved by children everywhere. Our ancestors chose this small ...

The Mercator map, first created in the 16th century, has long been the standard map used for navigation and education, but it stretches land masses farther from the equator. For example, Greenland ...

Last November, the global population reached a significant milestone of 8 billion. More recently, in April, India overtook China as the world's most populous country. It is Africa's booming population ...

Diego Pineda has been a devout storyteller his whole life. He has self-published a fantasy novel and a book of short stories, and is actively working on publishing his second novel. A lifelong fan of ...

While Russian ally Bashar al-Assad was being toppled by rebels in Syria, another friend of Moscow, President Faustin-Archange Touadéra, was being chaperoned by Kremlin-backed mercenaries in the ...

A Seed Savers Network seed bank in Gilgil, Kenya. The Kenyan NGO Seed Savers Network works with smallholder farmers on seed access, traditional crop varieties, and biodiversity. (Photo by James ...

Johannesburg — Much of Africa's cultural treasure was looted during colonial times and has remained in museums and private collections in Europe and North America ever since. For the last few decades, ...

(RNS) — Ancestral veneration, Haitian Vodou, Brazilian Candomblé, Cuban Santería and Ifá have gained attention among Black adults, who see it as an occasion to reconnect with their heritage and ...

Mining Indaba, Africa’s biggest mining conference, is a geological jamboree. But the latest bash, held in Cape Town in February, was also a geopolitical spectacle. For as well as the usual Chinese and ...

African governments have increasingly welcomed economic, diplomatic, and security ties with Russia—leading Western countries to denounce what they see as Moscow’s destabilizing influence and seek ...