Pugs, with their characteristic short muzzles that give rise to breathing problems and other health issues like eye and ear infections, often come with vet bills their owners can’t afford.

South Africa's succulents - small, fleshy, green plants sometimes shaped like roses or stars, and often found peeping out between rocks in dry areas - are sought after by an increasingly international ...

A recent study published in the open-access journal African Invertebrates provides insights into the life history and ...

This is the oldest confirmed use of a mixture comprising two or more plant toxins specifically applied to arrowheads.

Reuters, the news and media division of Thomson Reuters, is the world’s largest multimedia news provider, reaching billions of people worldwide every day. Reuters provides business, financial, ...

LAS VEGAS — As a result of petitions from the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced ...

A Jan. 11 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) shows a large group of people singing, dancing and holding South African flags in an airport baggage claim. "South African firefighters landed ...

The city of Cle Elum will hold a public hearing 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 30 at Cle Elum City Hall to consider a development proposal from the Bullfrog Flats Development Project. The project is ...

The South African government has launched a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine in the country’s North West province, where at least 109 men have died, a group representing the miners ...

At least 78 dead bodies have been retrieved from a discontinued gold mine in South Africa where police cut off food and water supplies for months, in what trade unions called a “horrific ...

Earlier, there were fears dozens or even hundreds more men could still be trapped. The South African Federation of Trade Unions accused the state on Tuesday of allowing miners "to starve to death ...