3+ hour, 4+ min ago   (791+ words) A 23-million-year fossil record shows Africa's giant mammals slowly vanished over time because evolution stopped replacing them. Ten million years ago, an African floodplain carried more kinds of giant plant-eaters than most people could name today. Early relatives of elephants,…...

1+ week, 20+ hour ago   (1240+ words) Some ancient San star stories have faded, but practical knowledge of Venus, the Moon, and the seasons still survives in South Africa's Karoo. In the Karoo, a dry and thinly settled part of South Africa, the Milky Way has an…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (937+ words) Why did Africa lose so many giant herbivores? New findings point to slow species formation, not faster extinction. Africa once supported many more giant plant eaters than it does today. These animals helped shape how ecosystems worked, so their disappearance…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (972+ words) A century-old museum mix-up left a common, loud Chocó frog with the wrong scientific name, until DNA set the record straight. Anyone walking through the Chocó forests of western Ecuador or southern Colombia after dark has probably heard the frog…...

4+ week, 2+ hour ago   (777+ words) World Elephant Day 2026 highlights the growing challenges elephants face, from habitat loss and poaching to drought. Elephants are among the most recognizable animals on Earth, yet their future remains uncertain. World Elephant Day is observed every year on August 12, drawing…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago   (917+ words) Seven new diamond frog species have been discovered in Madagascar, but nearly the entire group is already at risk of extinction. Madagascar’s Rhombophryne “diamond frogs” spend most of their lives underground, and even when they surface, several species look almost…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (935+ words) Lions are the most recognizable big cat on Earth. That fame has not kept them safe. Every August 10, World Lion Day celebrates the world’s love of lions while drawing attention to the threats they face. This year, the numbers tell…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago   (646+ words) The thin, disappointing snowpack that hit the western United States in early 2026 wasn’t just an unlucky winter. A new study has found that a snow drought this severe would have struck roughly once every 30 years in the preindustrial climate. Under…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago   (850+ words) For a quarter century, researchers and public health officials have debated exactly how climate change is reshaping malaria’s spread. A new study finally resolves that debate with the most comprehensive assessment yet, and the answer turns out to be more…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (1097+ words) Northern Mozambique rises mostly flat and dry, a stretch of savanna baked by the sun for much of the year. Scientists had recorded a few populations of small, slow-moving chameleons clinging to branches in the isolated mountain forests up there....