Transaid has thrown down the gauntlet for riders to saddle up and take part in its 2026 cycle adventure, pedalling 454km ...

An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries.

Since the mid-1800s, human activities have rapidly facilitated the spread of rice yellow mottle virus (RYMV), a pathogen that ...

Meet mountaineering dentist Bruce Terry, one of the few talented members of the elite Seven Summits climbing club.

Jeff Harmon is training to summit Mount Kilimanjaro, a towering 19,340-foot peak in Tanzania and the tallest mountain in ...

Why it's incredible: The mountains' folded rocks form stunning rainbow patterns. As the name suggests, China's Rainbow Mountains are multicolored formations in the northwest of the country. The ...

The new species was discovered in the rainforests of the Udzungwa Mountains during field surveys and has been named Tessmannia princeps.It takes its specific name, princeps, from the Latin term ...

Yampah Mountain High School partnered with We Share Solar last week to help rural Tanzanian schools gain access to reliable electricity. YMHS students helped construct five “Solar Suitcases” to send ...

Jan. 16 (UPI) --Tanzania pushed back against a report from the World Health Organization warning of a new Marburg virus outbreak in the country. Tanzania's Health Minister Jenista Mhagama said ...

Before returning, we also looked at Mount Meru (4,562m/14,967 ft), Africa’s tallest mountain before eruption. The view was out of this world. We saw the peak in just an hour by flight compared ...

In December 2023, Emma Demopoulos, then aged just 12, became the youngest person from Hong Kong to climb Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, Africa’s highest peak. At 5,895 metres (19,341 feet ...