For decades, the coelacanthexisted only in fossil records—until one turned up in a South African fishing net. It was 1938 ...

China is the dominant player in copper mining in Zambia, a southern African nation which is among the world’s top 10 producers ... An Associated Press reporter visited parts of the Kafue River, where ...

Six key breeding areas are to be safeguarded to help save the African penguin, following a landmark court order in South Africa. Last year scientists warned that the species was declining by ...

For decades, the Congo Basin was largely invisible to climate science. Now, a new generation of Central African researchers is revealing unexpected ways to protect the planet. For 162 million ...