Humans are the only animal that lives in virtually every possible environment, from rainforests to deserts to tundra. That ...

Europe is bursting with islands (the Mediterranean is said to have over 10,000 alone), so we're spoilt for choice.

A new study published June 18 in the journal Nature has uncovered a “huge surprise” about humans in Africa 50,000 years ago.

The study challenges the idea that the climate of northern Africa dried out around 3 million years ago, a time when the ...

The Robberg is one of southern Africa's most distinctive and widespread stone tool technologies. Robberg tools—which we found ...

The question is not only how people survived there, but why, with potentially important answers for understanding ancient ...

As these informal settlements grew over the years, their names – and the names of places within them – have grown to ...

Author Jeff Bogle gives tips from his new book about how to find — and cuddle with — street cats around the world.

Salads mean different things to different people; the key lies in fresh ingredients, texture, and a well-balanced dressing.

Insurgents are expanding from West Africa’s Sahel region toward Atlantic coastal nations such as Ivory Coast, creating new ...