Africa is surrounded by the Indian Ocean in the east, the South Atlantic Ocean in the south ... and it has a range of climate zones and biomes. The Congo rainforest in Africa is one of the world ...

Places closer to the sea have milder and often wetter biomes than those inland. This can be seen with the more moderate temperatures experienced along the coastline of south-western Europe.

Central and South America possess half of the ... compared to 380 butterfly species in Europe and North Africa combined. The tropical forest biome is composed of several different sub-biomes ...

The most extensive study of the gut microbiome in Africa has discovered new microbial species and never-before-reported ...

The Succulent Karoo Biome in South Africa is the world's only hot arid biodiversity hotspot. An area of 116,000km², the Succulent Karoo straddles the Western Cape and Northern Cape provinces of ...