China’s government is bristling at the strengthening ties between Guyana and the United States in online comments after a ...

South America’s Colombia has a river, Cano Cristales, that flows in five colours – red, blue, yellow, green, and black – because of aquatic plants that bloom at different times of year and ...

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 ...

If you have a pet that leaves plants alone, having them in your garden or home may be okay. If you have a pet that is curious about plants, it is best to stick to the safe side and not have them.

The new plant has been named Thismia aliasii and is part of the Thismia genus, which contains plants that do not ...

In the 1880s, my great grandfather founded a school in their rural community because the state of Alabama did not provide a good education to Black children. As explained in his autobiography, he ...

Chairperson of the Middelburg CPF, Juanitha Groenewald has declared a disaster and is urging residents and motorists to avoid the area in Middelburg South and Mineralia due to mass flooding.

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

An electric vehicle control systems researcher, Xu Fuguo, has left a high-profile 4.5 billion yen (US$30 million) Japanese government-funded project and joined Dalian University of Technology in ...

Earthquakes are relatively common in Myanmar, where six strong quakes of 7.0 magnitude or more struck between 1930 and 1956 near the Sagaing Fault, which runs north to south through the centre of ...