The temperate rainforests of the Chilean Coast Range are home to a spectacular array of life: iridescent blue lizards, tiny wild cats called kodkods, and curly vines of waxy red bellflowers. Towering ...

Restoration of the unassuming spekboom shrub is bringing water, wildlife and livelihoods back to a drought-prone region.

Devil's claw is recognised for its anti-inflammatory properties and is used to reduce joint pain and to improve digestion. Locally, this natural remedy is drunk as tea. Namibia supplies around 90 ...

Located off Africa’s western shore, Príncipe is a quiet paradise — where ancient jungle spills into the sea, endemic species thrive and nature writes its own secret epic.

In a new study published in N ature Geoscience, the team focused on two darkly stained lakes shaped by organic runoff from ...

In the warm, humid savannahs and forests of sub-Saharan Africa dwells a tribe of flower beetles in the genus Golianthus, named after the Biblical giant due to their huge size. Along with these ...

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Rick Rojas, who is based in Georgia as The Times’s bureau chief for the American South, has spent time in Savannah as a ...

CAPE TOWN, Feb 16 (Reuters) - Global commodity trader Vitol is backing a consortium planning to build a $3 billion gas-fired power station and liquefied natural gas (LNG) import facility at South ...

Lafarge Africa Plc, a building solutions company and manufacturer of premium products and solutions brands across cement, mortar and readymixconcrete, has reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening ...

Saint-Gobain Africa recently opened its new manufacturing plant in Ekurhuleni, marking an investment of more than R500m in local manufacturing. The event brought together government representatives, ...

A long-lost plant, missing for nearly two centuries, has been rediscovered near Nieuwoudtville, reaffirming the extraordinary richness of South Africa’s botanical heritage. Prismatocarpus fastigiatus, ...