As a corner of Africa heats up, new research shows how the future of the species rests with powerful matriarchs making tough ...

South African photographer Hannes Lochner has captured the wildlife in the Kalahari desert at night. He travelled for 300 days, covering over 30,000 miles of parched desert by Land Rover, to take ...

Stone tools, burnt eggshells and other artifacts discovered in the Kalahari have experts questioning the long-held belief that civilization emerged from coastal regions. The items date back more than ...

The discovery of extremely old stone-age tools and crystals at a rock shelter in the southern Kalahari Desert may change scientists’ understanding of early human culture in Africa. The ...

Out of the darkness of the African night, a lone male lion emerges from the still wilderness, its piercing eyes filled with purpose and power. This highly charged moment from nature was captured as ...

The sands of the desert are an important and forgotten storehouse of carbon dioxide taken from the world’s atmosphere, scientists heard today (Wednesday 2 April 2008) at the Society for General ...

There is an upward limit to how hot daily air temperatures can get before birds can no longer successfully breed, indicating that rapidly advancing climate change will have widespread and destructive ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Today the Ga-Mohana Hill sits amidst a fairly flat and dry landscape ...

When temperatures are scorching, southern yellow-billed hornbills in the Kalahari Desert of southern Africa dilate blood vessels in their beaks to thermoregulate and cool off, according to a new study ...

There may be few trees in the desert to offer shelter from the baking sun but the sociable weaver bird doesn't let that stop it from building enormous nests to house hundreds of birds. The structures ...