Five lions were sprawled out and sunning on rocks alongside Kenya’s Voi River. Hippos wallowed nearby. Elephants drank and splashed. Then, on some imperceptible signal, the mood shifted. The lions ...

Dinosaurs have captured people’s imagination ever since their bones and teeth were first scientifically described in 1822 by ...

At this point in history, the hubristic belief that people are above nature has allowed humans to bring immeasurable change to the natural systems that all of life depends upon for survival. The ...

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Athol Fugard, South Africa’s foremost dramatist who explored the pervasiveness of apartheid in such searing works as “The ...

The IIWD being marked today, just aligned at a different three-hour IWD precursor event later, the general focus was on women ...

Few animals in Africa can stand against a lion and win, let alone an entire pride. However, African buffalo are a rare ...

The Augusta Heritage Center will host an intriguing evening of rhythm and culture when three master Burundian drummers perform at the chapel of Davis & Elkins College tonight. Burundi is a small East ...

Andre Cloete grew up in a small fishing community at the mouth of the Olifants River in South Africa. In 1983, he was 14-years-old the first time he went fishing with his father. And from ...

Things can get tense around watering holes in Africa. Resources can be limited, and even big herbivores may get aggressive ...

The bone tools date from more than a million years before our species, Homo sapiens, arose around 300,000 years ago.

Bowing by stretching the forelimbs evolved to become a highly ritualized signal for inviting dogs to play, have fun, or continue to play if things get rough or otherwise testy.