Kenya Wildlife Service rangers on patrol at the Meru National Park.
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Kenya’s death penalty proposal is not the quick fix solution to curb wildlife poaching.
The medicinal plants eaten by chimpanzees could develop improved traditional medicines.
Reuters/James Akena
The medicinal plants that chimpanzees feed on in the wild could hold the key in dealing with common diseases.
“Mrs Ples” (who was actually very likely a “Mr”) forms part of the collection at South Africa’s Ditsong National Museum of Natural History.
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Museums might look dull and old from the outside, but they house a wealth of knowledge that we cannot afford to lose.
Galaxy cluster MACS J1149.5+2223 taken with the Hubble Space Telescope. The inset image is the very distant galaxy MACS1149-JD1.
ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, W. Zheng (JHU), M. Postman (STScI), the CLASH Team, Hashimoto et al.
Astronomers have indirectly spotted some of the first stars in the universe by making their most distant detection of oxygen in a galaxy that existed just 500m years after the Big Bang.
This is America.
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The music industry, like all other media, can be censored to some extent. So how does this change its output?
Supporters of President Nicolás Maduro hold drawings of him and late President Hugo Chávez during a closing reelection campaign rally in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, May 17, 2018.
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As Venezuela’s May 20 election approaches, scholars and students at the country’s autonomous universities continue the fight for knowledge and freedom.
Thirteen people were killed in church bombings in the Indonesian city of Surabaya on Sunday.
EPA
The world cheered the defeat of IS in the Middle East, but the insurgency is far from over.
People transporting gasoline by boat in Indonesia’s Kayan Mentarang National Park.
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The world’s national parks cover an area bigger than South America. But a new survey finds that one-third of this area is subject to pressure from human developments, potentially putting wildlife at risk.
Radicalism is spread at schools in Indonesia. But, where do they grow?
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Identifying three types of schools that are prone to radical values.
A woman harvests groundnuts in Malawi. Land ownership does not automatically empower women.
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We found that even when women own land, their husbands are still perceived as household heads.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and his team meeting international investors and business leaders in London.
GCIS/ Elmond Jiyane
South Africa’s relations with the US could sour under President Trump.
EPA/Atef Safadi
A recent skirmish between Iran and Israel put the spotlight back on one of the most sensitive territories in the world.
EPA/Alexei Druzhinin
At first, the 2010s seemed full of hope for democracy. The picture today is rather more complicated.
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City authorities can take straightforward measures to help refugees settle into cities – and help existing residents at the same time.
Timor-Leste returns to the polls on Saturday to elect a parliament for the second time in the past year.
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Timor-Leste’s vibrant democracy is seen as a bright light in a troubled region, but political instability could threaten the progress it has made.
The statue of Captain Cook in St Kilda, Melbourne, was painted pink on January 25 2018.
DAVID CROSLING
The federal government will spend nearly $50 million over four years to commemorate Captain Cook’s first landing. But some have questioned the spend.
A life-like reconstruction of Llanocetus denticrenatus , the second oldest “baleen” whale ever found.
Carl Buell
Baleen whales are some of the least likely mammals, supporting their massive bodies by filtering tiny prey. New evidence from an ancient fossil sheds new light on how baleen evolved.
The funeral of Renamo leader, Afonso Dhlakama.
EPA-EFE/Ricardo Franco
The death of Mozambican opposition leader Alfonso Dhlakama could affect the progress made to end hostilities in the country.
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The DRC has developed good systems to diagnose Ebola. But it’s surveillance systems are still weak.
Malaysia’s incoming prime minister, Mahathir Mohamad, waves a letter to the king.
EPA/Ahmad Yusni
After 61 years, Malaysia has finally seen the opposition take control. What now?