Botanists have found a stand of rare trees in Tanzania’s Zanzibar archipelago not known to grow wild anywhere else in Africa.

Chinese coastguard vessels began patrols of the contested waters off the Diaoyu Islands on Wednesday, a day after Beijing said it had removed a buoy near the islands, known in Japan as the Senkakus.

Millions of years from now, northern Africa could be home to a new ocean, as tectonic plates pull apart along the East African Rift System, according to scientists. Experts have long known that ...

A very rare fish sighting is making a splash on social media. A deep-sea anglerfish, with its mouthful of sharp teeth, was spotted near the surface of the water near the Canary Islands off the coast ...

In a major turn of events, a very rare fish which typically lives at great depths in the ocean was seen much closer to the ...

Swim through seagrass meadows, explore ancient history and observe dugongs among coral reefs — an awe-inspiring world beneath ...

Some people on Sterling Avenue near Estero Boulevard to the south end of the island currently have no water. An analysis of a 1.5 million-year-old vertebra from a human relative living in what is now ...

A U.S. Navy aircraft carrier collided with a merchant vessel near Egypt, the U.S. military said on Thursday, though the nuclear-powered carrier was stable and there were no injuries.

making it one of Africa’s most unique capitals. Malabo’s unusual location can be traced back to its colonial past. The island of Bioko was first settled by the indigenous Bubi people before ...