H.E. Amani Abou-Zeid, Egyptian, was elected the new Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy of the African Union Commission. H.E. Abou-Zeid was an international development lead expert who has been ...

A zoo in Leeds has welcomed five giant tortoises after they outgrew their previous home. The group of sulcata tortoises, also ...

Ann Kirschner and Jeffrey Selingo’s Feb. 17 op-ed, “How higher ed can reinvent itself,” contains some interesting thoughts on how the academy can adapt to the needs of today’s society.

Discover the heartwarming moment of a 140-year-old Tortoise wearing her 5-day-old baby as a hat and the rest on her back. 140-year-old African spurred tortoise and one of her babies travelling close ...

A week after an African spurred tortoise was lost and found in North Port, another one is on the loose in rural Punta Gorda.

A second African spurred tortoise has gone missing in Charlotte County, this time in Punta Gorda. PUNTA GORDA, Fla. — A week after a pet African spurred tortoise was lost and found in North Port ...

A beautiful African city is being “swallowed by the desert” as homes disappear. Chinguetti is a historically important fortified city and medieval trading centre in northern Mauritania with a ...

A week after an African spurred tortoise was lost and found in North Port, another one is on the loose in rural Punta Gorda. After Vladimir Guerrero Jr Loss, Blue Jays Urged to Course Correct By ...

“I now have 24 African spurred tortoises of the Sulcata breed, six leopard tortoises and one Indian star tortoise. “Their ages range from one month to 35 years,” the father-of-two told Bernam ...

A rare close-up photo of Jonathan, the 192-year-old Seychelles giant tortoise, has gone viral. The striking image highlights his age-worn features, evoking awe among netizens as they react to his ...

Senator Elizabeth Warren, a Massachusetts Democrat, invited tech billionaire Elon Musk to testify at an informal hearing focusing on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau next week, as the ...

When Palm Springs Unified School District unanimously approved Advanced Placement African American Studies as one of its newest courses on Feb. 11, it also committed to consider the course as a ...