Botanists have found a stand of rare trees in Tanzania’s Zanzibar archipelago not known to grow wild anywhere else in Africa.

The same ocean that once brought prosperity to Stone Town now poses an existential threat, as rising sea levels and extreme ...

Mangroves are nature’s defense against erosion ... Mary Khatib, a climate scientist at the State University of Zanzibar, emphasized the urgency of addressing these challenges.

PEMBA ISLAND, Tanzania — Pemba Island’s Ngezi Forest Reserve, a complex of moist evergreen and coastal forests, mangroves and heathland in the Zanzibar archipelago, is the last refuge of the ...