Africa

the face of a victorian woman superimposed of a map of the nile

Great Explorers: Florence Baker

In 1861, in present-day South Sudan, Victorian explorer and...
GoPro shot of Tim Howell with the face of Kilimanjaro behind him

Wingsuit Pilot Flies From Kilimanjaro

British pilot Tim Howell has completed the second-ever wingsuit...
South African rock art.

Rock Art Shows 260-Million-Year-Old Extinct Animal 

Rock art in southern Africa might depict long-extinct animals...
a portrait of Alexander Gordon Laing

Great Explorers: Alexander Gordon Laing

Say what you will about the British Empire in...
several elephants of varying ages, with tusks

Elephants Fatally Trample Tourist who Reportedly Ignored Warnings

A Spanish tourist is dead in a South African...
three-legged lion in the dark

Three-Legged Lion Makes Record-Breaking Swim

It was the world's most unlikely marathon swim. A...
A black-necked spitting cobra

Found: Treatment for Spitting Cobra Venom

The Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine announced that a...
two lions having sex on top of a caged truck

Sex Safari: In the Mighty Jungle, the Lions, er, Don’t Sleep Tonight

It’s 2024, and sex positivity has never been higher....
a bearded runner yelling

Updated: Ultrarunner Completes Length of Africa — But Was He the First?

Today, Russ Cook finished his south-north run along the...
elephant charging

Elephant Kills 79-Year-Old on African Safari

An aggressive elephant killed a 79-year-old woman in Zambia...
alex honnold

See Honnold’s Hits, Plus Jimmy Chin and Morocco Highlights

“The challenge of doing something that’s never been done...
two adventures on boat in harbor

Karlis Bardelis in Home Stretch to Complete Circumnavigation

Karlis Bardelis has begun the final 5,000km of his...
A lioness hunting zebra.

Invasive Ants Threaten the King of the Savannah

An invasive species of ant is changing the Ol...
Russ Cook

Ultrarunner Running Length of Africa Hits Bureaucracy Roadblock

British ultrarunner Russ Cook set off early last year...
black men on the beach with one white man and various boats

Weekend Warm-Up: Unplanned and Unburdened in ‘Africa By Kayak’

Beau Miles is one of those people who can’t...
A Welwitschia in the Namib Desert.

Natural Wonders: Welwitschia

There is an alien in the desert. OK, that's...
A male lion roaring

For Wildlife, the Human Voice is Scarier than the Lion’s Roar

Animals in Kruger National Park, South Africa, fear human...
Archaeologists uncover two large logs that interlock, suggesting they were part of a large structure

World’s Oldest Known Wooden Structure Found in Zambia

On the banks of the Kalambo River in Zambia,...
Animal print engravings in Namibia

Stone Age Carvings Are so Precise That They Reveal Species, Gender, Even Age

Newly discovered Stone Age carvings in western Namibia are...
a stone hand ax dating to at least 1.2 million years ago, with detail

Ancient ‘Workshop’ With 500+ Tools Operated by Mysterious Hominins

A dig in Ethiopia yielded an obsidian mother lode...
hippo yawning

One Dead, 23 Missing After Hippo Hits Boat in Malawi

Tragedy struck Malawi on Monday, when a hippopotamus collided...
an african land snail crawls on a branch

170,000 Years Ago, Early Humans Were Eating Giant Snails

The "slow food" movement has been happening for much...
castle in the desert

Exploration Mysteries: Ksar Draa

Recently, a spectacular image of a castle-like structure standing...
a campfire

New Find Prompts Controversy Over Whether Pre-Humans Used Fire

Paleoanthropologist and National Geographic Explorer Lee Berger announced on...

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