On the first Saturday in November each year, trail runners take on a unique challenge in Cape Town to summit the three mountain peaks that surround the city in a test of endurance that was first ...

Cape Town is becoming one of the world’s most talked-about travel destinations—and for good reason. Few cities are rooted in nature quite like Cape Town. It’s a place where mountains plunge into the ...

In the Valley of the Nile, since long before the days of the pharaohs, Egyptian farmers have relied on the annual floods to ...

For millions of years, the African landscape — the rainforests, woodlands, savannas and scrublands — has echoed with the ...

Saharan savannah country. From the bumpy back seat of the safari ­vehicle, having morphed into full Jane (as in Tarzan) mode, ...

University of Fort Hare provides support as an endorsing partner of The Conversation AFRICA. South Africa’s Eastern Cape province has several million hectares of open land in rural areas, not ...

Sam Palmer poses for a photo on July 23, 2025, with the 1,400 pound zebra he shot on an archery hunt in Africa. (Sam Palmer/Contributed Photo) Sam Palmer returns from Africa with a zebra hide and ...

A Texas man died earlier this month while hunting Cape buffalo in South Africa’s Limpopo Province. According to the safari outfit that hosted his hunt, Asher Watkins was charged and killed during an ...

Asher Watkins had been tracking a cape buffalo for the kill when the animal instead turned its attack on the hunter. A Texas real estate magnate and trophy hunter was killed by a Cape buffalo during a ...

A Texas real estate magnate and trophy hunter was killed by a Cape buffalo during a hunting expedition in South Africa, according to a safari company, which described the incident as "sudden and ...