A map of deadly infectious diseases known to attack the central nervous system (CNS) of people who are already suffering with ...

While genetic tests can reveal the ancestry of enslaved individuals, strontium analysis can now home in on where they actually grew up.

The most extensive study of the gut microbiome in Africa has discovered new microbial species and never-before-reported metagenomes from several African sites. The paper, titled "Expanding the ...

A landmark study reporting the discovery of Australopithecus africanus one century ago put the African continent at the ...

Earth might not have seven continents after all. From an early age, most of us are taught to recognize seven continents: ...

A recent study by the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has revealed a startling public health threat: ...

For more than a decade many researchers have compared the DNA of giraffes from all parts of Africa. These studies have ...

Scientists estimate it will take at least 5 to 10 million years for the Afar region to be fully submerged. When that happens, ...

Cacao cultivation is a major threat to the Congo Basin rainforest, with new research showing just where expanding cultivation ...

About 17 million people are at risk of gastrointestinal problems due to excessive sulfate levels in groundwater. This alarming finding emerged from the first high-resolution global groundwater sulfate ...