Known locally as the Barbary cigarrón (Schistocerca gregaria), the locusts have been seen across much of Lanzarote, including ...

A beetle that lays eggs inside the bark of trees has killed six baobab trees in Oman for the first time. Urgent measures are ...

Many African food groups significantly reduce oxidative stress linked to type 2 diabetes and lower the production of ...

Should you ever find yourself playing a trivia game on the topic of moths and butterflies, here are a few facts that might ...

African heads of state have warned that Africa risks missing its 2030 target to eliminate malaria, as declining funding ...

Not all mosquitoes are to blame, however. Every bloodsucking malaria vector comes from those within the group Anopheles leucosphyrus, which encompasses a comparatively small portion of the planet’s ...

A strikingly handsome emerald-green moth, lost to science for nearly one-and-a-half centuries, has been rediscovered in South Africa by citizen scientists who posted photographs of it online. The moth ...

A new study focused on cryptic species—animals that look the same but are genetically different—found that they’re more widespread among vertebrates than we previously thought.

A freshwater ecologist explains why the mountain is less a postcard and more a slow-leaking, bug-monitored water machine.

Dr Elizabeth Bandason’s work has always been driven by a single question: how can science reduce harm while increasing productivity? Her latest effort, Gulugufe, answers that question with a practical ...

Africa’s Green Economy Summit (24–27 February 2026) will present a curated, deal‑ready pipeline of climate projects from more ...