The 2013 discovery of the largest collection of hominid fossils ever found is rewriting the origin of complex behaviours we thought were uniquely human, says a renowned paleoanthropologist. The fossilized bones belonged to an entirely new species of ancient human relatives called, Homo naledi, which lived in South Africa several hundred thousand years ago when the first Homo … Read more
A BRITISH safari guide survived an excruciating 15 hours clinging on for dear life to his truck which was partly submerged in a crocodile-infested river. Mike Turner, 56, took a wrong turn as he followed his phone’s navigation app off a motorway bridge and into the deadly waters below. 6 Mike Turner had a lucky … Read more
Kinshasa, Congo — As Congo copes with its biggest outbreak of mpox, scientists warn discrimination against gay and bisexual men on the continent could make it worse. In November, the World Health Organization reported that mpox, also known as monkeypox, was being spread via sex in Congo for the first time. That is a significant … Read more
WASHINGTON — Arnong Mungoei has farmed rice in Thailand’s Khon Kaen province for half a century. Working land some 500 kilometers northeast of Bangkok never made her rich, but it provided a dependable livelihood. But since February 2022 when Russia invaded Ukraine, global geopolitical tensions and weather conditions elsewhere have upended the rice markets and … Read more
Between 2002 and 2010, armed raiders on horseback – many from across the border with Sudan – took advantage of regional instability to repeatedly ransack Zakouma, plundering its natural resources and terrorising its communities. Zakouma National Park, in Chad, is home to 50 per cent of the global Kordofan giraffe population, and since African Parks … Read more
One city is said to have the best weather in the world with travellers saying it is almost always the perfect temperature. Dakhla in Morocco sees highs of well over 30C all year round with its average temperature settling around the mid-20s and weather experts say the city has a mild desert climate. During its … Read more
Abishur Prakash is the founder of the Geopolitical Business, Inc. He is a global keynote speaker and the author of five books. His latest book is called “The World Is Vertical.” The Israel-Hamas war is an ominous message to the world: The guardrails that long stopped wars from breaking out are now effectively failing. Of … Read more
Younger safari guests in particular are asking a lot of questions before they book and are increasingly choosing operators based on ecological criteria, says Julie Cheetham, managing director of Weeva, a platform that supports tourism companies in sustainability. An elephant at Singita Ebony Lodge in the Kruger National Park, South Africa. Photo: Singita Ebony Lodge … Read more
BLANTYRE, MALAWI — Malawi, which already is suffering from food shortages, this week banned the import of unmilled maize from Kenya and Tanzania over concerns that the spread of maize lethal necrosis disease could wipe out the staple food. The ministry of agriculture announced the ban in a statement that said the disease has no … Read more
Nairobi — Kenyan and international researchers are hoping to save the northern white rhino species from extinction by implanting eggs from an older female northern white rhino into a female surrogate rhino from another species. Samuel Mutisya, head of research and species at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in central Kenya, says his team used 29 … Read more
