In the semi-arid rangelands of Laikipia County in central Kenya, the invasive prickly pear cactus Opuntia stricta is ...

"A tour through Aquashella Dallas, featuring some of the most unusual freshwater and saltwater animals at the aquarium ...

Wild African elephants living in the Mount Elgon region of Kenya appear to seek out specific plants when unwell. Local ...

Water hawthorn looks and smells divine, so if you have a backyard water feature, consider planting this flower that thrives in cooler weather.

Bangui (Horndiplomat) — Abu Dhabi-based Global South Utilities (GSU) has inaugurated a 50-megawatt solar power plant in the Central African Republic, a project the company says is the largest ...

South Africa’s rugged Cederberg Mountains are best known for their dramatic rock formations and wildlife including baboons and leopards. But the arid region is also the home to an unassuming plant ...

DENVER — Sometimes we can predict how a plant will behave in our gardens based on where it originated. Many African plants thrive in our homes and gardens. Mother-in-law's tongue (Sansevieria) is a ...

You might hear Alexis Peskine’s art studio in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France, before you see it. On a good day, the syncopated clatter of hammers hitting nails falls in between the soulful rhythms of ...

Cichlids build nests from abandoned snail shells. A new study shows that while this behavior is instinctive, the fish become increasingly skilled at it with practice. We associate nests with shelter, ...

What a rare African cichlid looks like when it finally appears in a fish trap After weeks of flooding, the tiny creek finally returned to normal. A fish trap was placed beside the rocks where the fish ...

Many African conservation decisions such as funding, policy, species prioritization and nursery propagation implicitly treat the IUCN Red List as a complete map of extinction risk. It is not. For ...

Most plants get their coloration from pigments, but an endangered South African cycad gets its unique silvery-blue hue from wax crystals and an underlying chlorophyll-rich layer, according to a recent ...