Comprising 12 countries, as well as French Guiana, the vast and varied continent is home to some wonderful sights, like the ...

Darrell Crawford has the oldest DNA found in North America — a genetic line that was traced back a whopping 55 generations.

President Salva Kiir of South Sudan said what happened in Wad Madani was a heinous and "unacceptable" crime. He urged Sudan's ...

Antarctic researchers are on high alert for a deadly strain of bird flu, which could hit the continent’s wildlife at any ...

The US uses economic, military, and democratic institutions to drive its global agenda, displaying hostility towards Africa.

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has become a key player in this shift, disbursing a record $577 million in loans and ...

With President Maduro’s third term about to begin, we discuss an organizational network that promotes continental integration from below.

Once found in the jungles of Africa, researchers in South America have now discovered links tying these extinct primates to the continent—painting an incredible story of survival against the odds.

“The most dreaded bit of ocean on the globe — and rightly so,” Alfred Lansing wrote of explorer Ernest Shackleton’s 1916 ...

A hotspot that now lies in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean was once under the Great Lakes, and may explain why they formed ...

Continents and oceans have scientific definitions that underpin international law. The idea of dividing the world into ...

Chile's president visited Antarctica, an attempt to draw attention to the renewed great power competition playing out on the ...