Hamilton, a British-born zoologist and conservationist who dedicated much of his life to protecting elephants, has died, his ...

Kidnapping for ransom has a long history in the west African Sahel. In 1979, a rebel group led by Chad's future president Hissène Habré kidnapped a French archaeologist and a German medical doctor in ...

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For the first time, scientists have mapped vast, continent-scale river drainage systems on Mars — ancient networks that may ...

Red-backed shrikes fly thousands of kilometers to reach Africa—and they do so with astonishing precision. Aided by new ...

Explore the East Side neighborhood where artist Edward Bannister and his entrepreneur wife, Christiana Carteaux, mingled with the city's White elites.

When gunmen stormed St. Mary Catholic School in Nigeria's Papiri community, the children tried to escape but were told they ...