In Africa’s lush highlands, the longest waterway in the world originates from a surprising place. Inside the mission to map the source of the ancient river.

African Parks’ rescue of 2,000 white rhinos was not only impossibly fast but also historic. It encouraged Fearnhead to think bigger—to take what Hume started and combine it with African Parks’ ...

Relentlessly hunted for its scales, the mysterious armored pangolin is vanishing throughout Africa. Now scientists are trying to unlock the secrets that could help save it.

To bring one of the world’s largest vultures back from the brink, Shannon Hoffman is searching cliffs, collecting eggs, and raising chicks by hand.

In spring 2020, as COVID-19 erupted worldwide, Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka feared less for her own health than for the mountain gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, 120 square miles of misty ...

Demand for slower travel has boosted interest in premium rail trips, with new cabins, trains and routes all over the world.

Every year billions of birds die from glass window collisions, or from house cat attacks. These incidents can be avoided, and ...

For decades, scientists have been tinkering with ways to force clouds to make it rain—or snow. One company says it’s approaching a breakthrough.

The researchers interpret that pattern as reduced sensitivity to stronger fullness signals under stress. Still, the finding is preliminary, Kipping emphasizes. But it could suggest that stress may ...

Touring the pyramids and sailing down the Nile are undoubted highlights of any trip to Egypt — but what else should be on your list?

On September 14, at the 2026 Air and Space Cyber Conference in Maryland, Troy Meink, the 27 th Secretary of the United States Air Force, was giving a speech about how the military was stepping up to ...

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