Life
Meet the ancient megatrees of arid lands
The mighty baobab tree attracts incredible legends – but living for thousands of years and storing 100,000 litres of water is a pretty impressive feat
Regulars
Health
World closes in on goal of halving hunger by 2015
News
Earth
Bill Gates’s epic project transforms farming in Africa
News
Technology
Race to electrify rural Africa could help the West too
News
Earth
African elephants are being poached to extinction
News
Health
African pygmies evolved their short stature twice
News
Health
Ebola is a ‘global emergency’ as bodies litter streets
News
Humans
Human exodus may have reached China 100,000 years ago
News
Health
Ebola outbreak: What you need to know about its spread
News
Earth
We’re growing living walls to save lions
Masai people in Tanzania kill lions that kill their livestock – so conservationist Laly Lichtenfeld is helping them make corrals to keep all the animals safe
Opinion
Health
US bioterror fears are driving Ebola drug development
Opinion
Health
Fighting fear, denial and death on Ebola frontline
Opinion
Health
Master plan hatched as African Ebola deaths pass 500
News
Earth
Break electricity addiction to win the power struggle
Opinion