An Icy Expanse The Antarctic Desert may come as a surprise to many as it doesn't fit our conventional idea of sand and heat. Instead, it is a vast expanse of ice and snow, covering an area of about 14 ...

Before petroleum was discovered in the late 1950s, the country was considered one of the poorest nations in the world.

A massive circular structure in the Sahara Desert has puzzled scientists for decades. Spanning 25 miles, it is so large that ...

Since the “Saharan Gold Rush” in the 1990s, one researcher has been fighting for the North African country’s contributions to ...

The winners of the Travel Photographer Of The Year contest are a gorgeous visual journey through our changing planet and its ...

In October 2023, Zhang brought Juncao grass seeds to Mauritania from a field in China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. He conducted comparative experiments on irrigation, fertilization, planting ...

The withdrawal of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso from the bloc — now left with 12 member countries — was the culmination of a ...

Painted lady butterflies are world travelers. The ones we encounter in Europe fly from Africa to Sweden, ultimately returning ...

The year is marked by changes in the weather, ecology, and amount of daylight, and these changes result from earth's orbit around the sun and earth's axial tilt relative to the ecliptic plane.

Unlike Western astrology with its zodiac signs and planets, Africa's traditional systems are intricately woven into the ...

A broadly distributed migratory butterfly travels varying distances, influenced by environmental conditions rather than following genetically coded instructions, according to a study. The ...

From fiery festivals to nature's most dazzling "sky-dance", interest in the night skies is booming, with "noctourism" poised ...