Axolotls can enjoy generous lifespans while in captivity, living 10 to 15 years in the proper conditions. This is a huge improvement from axolotls’ lifespan in the wild; in the face of pollution, ...

Waddle has devised strategies to protect Australia’s threatened frogs from the deadly chytrid ... the Andean bear (Tremarctos ornatus) and the dwarf deer (Mazama chunyi). Pillco told Mongabay ...

Their results showed that switching from a traditional African diet to a Western diet for 2 weeks disrupted key metabolic pathways linked to lifestyle-related diseases. It also appeared to trigger ...

Lifestyle diseases Seventy-seven healthy men from Tanzania, both urban and rural residents, participated in the study. Some participants who traditionally ate an African diet switched to a Western ...

However, it is possible that the disease has been in the country since ... are working with South African breeders to establish resistance in locally adapted breeding material.

Although the frogs are thought to live as long as 15 years in the wild, they are highly susceptible to chytridiomycosis, a virulent amphibian disease caused by the chytrid fungus. Since the 1990s ...

Based on misinformation, Trump’s anti-South African campaign seems designed to weaken South Africa’s image as an international torch bearer for human rights. At the heart of the issue lies ...

The South African ambassador who was expelled from the United States in a row with US President Donald Trump’s administration has arrived home to a raucous welcome and struck a defiant tone over ...

East African leaders and Saudi royals are among those profiting off a lucrative, deadly trade in domestic workers. By Abdi Latif Dahir and Justin Scheck Photographs by Kiana Hayeri Abdi Latif ...

After graduating with a Bachelor's degree in astrobiology in 2023, he's fascinated by white dwarf stars—the cooling remnants of low-mass stars (e.g., our sun) that have exhausted their nuclear ...

The birds are smaller than Emperor penguins and only exist in southern Africa Six key breeding areas are to be safeguarded to help save the African penguin, following a landmark court order in ...