Our human species emerged in Africa around 300,000 years ago but scientists don't yet have a clear picture of what kind of ...

There are conflicting ideas about the development of rural Africa: On the one hand, governments and conservation ...

Multiple tonne bags of nettles from across Northern Ireland have been shipped to Rathlin Island in an effort to support the ...

South Africa is unleashing weevils imported from the United States in a bid to fight off the sprouting growth of Salvinia minima, an alien species of aquatic plant native to South America that is chok ...

HARTBEESPOORT, South Africa — Dozens of tiny black weevils cling onto a fern plant as it is tossed onto a leafy green mat coating the surface of South Africa's Crocodile River. Those weevils ...

The weevils, which have been used effectively elsewhere in the world to fight water weeds, are now leading South Africa’s charge against the life-sucking plants threatening ecosystems in at ...