Native to the forests and swamps of West Africa, particularly Liberia, pygmy hippos are an endangered species, with only ...

The colonial categorisation of African peoples into distinct groups such as Bantu, Nilotes, Khoi and other artificial ...

There are still parts of Earth that remain largely unexplored. Sometimes these areas are difficult to get to because of geography, or instability in the area, or sometimes it's because nobody has ...

Here are eight tiny tyne creatures known as the smallest mammals of the earth. At only 1.3g, the extinct B. vanhouteni is believed to be the smallest mammal that ever lived. This tiny, shrew-like ...

The staff writer and the cartoonist share their picks from the archive—an essay by Joan Didion, and a caveman cartoon by George Booth—to celebrate The New Yorker’s centennial.

The authors propose the common name Sodwana Pygmy Pipehorse for their new discovery ... Mouth and identified in a collection at the South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB).