When the city lights fade, the stars come out to play — and nowhere is this truer than in South Africa’s wild spaces. With ...

South Africa's rich botanical heritage is captivating audiences at the 2025 Chelsea Flower Show in London, with two standout exhibits.

Epicurus, Greek classical philosopher, cosmologist, Karl Marx’s influencer and god sceptic, contemplated intelligent life on ...

A new species of velvet worm, Peripatopsis barnardi, represents the first ever species from the arid Karoo, which indicates that the area was likely historically more forested than at present. In the ...

On a windswept Friday night deep in the Karoo desert, a man dropped to one knee under a sky full of stars and before the dust could even settle, he and his beloved were married in a full-blown ...

In this episode of Silk Road Adventures, we explore how Bukhara’s ancient water systems still shape life today, as a city in the desert adapts to the challenges of climate change. Bukhara ...

Bukhara’s water legacy: ancient desert engineering meets modern climate resilience In this episode of Silk Road Adventures, we explore how Bukhara’s ancient water systems still shape life ...

Stellenbosch University (SU) student Rohan Barnard was out on a farm in the Swartberg Mountains between Calitzdorp and ...

But the climate gradually shifted, and the grasslands and rivers dried up. In the newly unforgiving desert landscape, water was scarce. Where people found it, they exploited it and created pockets ...

And sometimes, if you know where to look, there is cold beer in the desert. Richmond, Northern Cape, holds the Karoo’s pumping heart. It has an ethereal ability to bewitch you and hold you there ...

The harsh desert conditions in southern and central Iran were more like an opposing force or army. The climate was something to defend against, unlike the friendlier climate of the north.

A routine real estate transaction was twisted into a narrativesuggesting Gore’s wealth is “thanks to climate change ... of Renova Energy based in Palm Desert, Calif.