In order to better protect ecosystems and biodiversity, several African countries have set up innovative management models in ...

Healthy forests sustain biodiversity, livelihoods, and local economies. Home to most of the planet’s terrestrial species, ...

Our friend the speckled wood butterfly, after gaining weight as a larva, will search for a suitably sheltered spot to bed down in its forest habitat perhaps on the grass which it eats the rest of the ...

Together, they decided to limit the country’s dependence on imported wood pellets in response to criticism about the negative impact of biomass on forests and the climate. To date, South Korea ...

Three veterans of African politics are in the running for the top job. On December 13, the three discussed their visions for the continent in a first-ever election debate broadcast from the AU ...

With many of the species already under threat of extinction from human activities, WWF is calling on governments in the region to increase conservation of these rare, amazing creatures and their ...

In episode 1 of What’s in a name we look at how species are named, and whether the current system needs to evolve in the face of societal pressure. Categorizing things is central to science.

Nigeria's Ademola Lookman has been crowned the 2024 African Footballer of the Year at the Confederation of African Football (Caf) Awards in Marrakesh. The Atalanta forward saw off competition from ...

Samples of the unnamed species were collected in Zimbabwe and South Africa and their genetic blueprint ... They prefer to live on deteriorating wood over dung. A recent study led by Dr McTaggart ...

Woodturning an extraordinary vibrant orange urn out of some South African wood called Braai Wood. Logs has been cut on the bandsaw and formed around a shape before it was casted into deep pour ...

Rare aloes are increasingly threatened by habitat loss, and these species are one of the focal points for my collecting trips on the African continent, and for Solofo Rakotoarisoa in the Kew ...