The head of France’s Pasteur Institute on Trump’s attacks on health institutions — and what scientists can do to rebuild public trust ...

Sam Nujoma, the fiery freedom fighter who led Namibia to independence from apartheid South Africa in 1990 and served as its ...

Nujoma was remembered in his own nation as a charismatic father figure who guided his country to democracy and stability ...

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A rare and endangered baby animal that looks like a “fuzzy watermelon” has a new name, and it’s also a fruit, a Washington ...

In her work, Niki Saint Phalle repeatedly referenced a personal and mythical bestiary that she brought to life in colorful ...

Officials from the UK Foreign Office have listed advice on a host of destinations where it says don't go at all or that ...

Our devastation of nature is so extreme that reversing even a small part of it requires painstaking, quixotic efforts.

This story appears in the April 2014 issue of National Geographic magazine ... in their beds and basements and bathrooms, wild animals kept as pets live side by side with their human owners.

The production of transgenic livestock has the opportunity to significantly improve human health, enhance nutrition, protect the environment, increase animal welfare, and decrease livestock disease.

Algiers — The president of the Republic, commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces, minister of National Defence, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, has ordered the revival of handball in Algeria in an expert ...

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