South Africa is home to some of the oldest evidence of life on Earth, contained in rocky, often layered outcroppings called ...

Ancient living rocks along South Africa’s coast are thriving in harsh conditions, rapidly growing while storing surprising ...

An extinct species of giant elephant that used to roam across much of Europe and Asia was more closely related to modern African forest elephants than forest elephants are to modern African bush ...

Scientists have found evidence of several waves of migration by looking at the genetic signatures of human interbreeding with Neanderthals. By Carl Zimmer Hundreds of thousands of years ago, our ...

A new genetic analysis of 290 people suggests that humans emerged at various times and places in Africa. By Carl Zimmer Scientists have revealed a surprisingly complex origin of our species, rejecting ...

I am an African living in Nairobi, Kenya, who makes films about my continent’s wildlife. But as a species, wildlife filmmakers from Africa are rarer than mountain gorillas. This needs to change. We ...

National Geographic Expeditions has added a new South Africa itinerary to its Signature Land portfolio for 2026 that showcases the history, culture, and wildlife of the region. The new itinerary, ...