Plunging into a large lake in the East African country of Malawi, divers scanned the rocky coast for aquatic life. Some “large”-eyed creatures caught their attention — and turned out to be two new ...

In a murky river of southern Japan, a slimy creature with “pointed” teeth burrowed into the mud. Its shadowy habitat and cryptic looks helped it go largely unnoticed and, when occasionally found, be ...

In one shot, Tulisa is keen calmly holding a large African snail in the palm of her ... The singer was then seen happily cosying up to a giant grasshopper, a cockroach and a centipede.

The Terastiodontosaurus showed an “extreme dental morphology, including one massive tooth on the maxilla and dentary, flat cheek teeth ... but this giant might have been too big to remain ...

one hungry giant with a soft-spot for snails. Recent fieldwork in Eocene levels of the Natural Park of Djebel Chambi, Tunisia, “led to the discovery of one of the oldest records of Amphisbaenia ...

The fossil shows extreme dental features, including strong jaws and a specialized tooth enamel, which indicate that it fed on snails—a diet ... a new giant trogonophid (Squamata: Amphisbaenia ...

(AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa, File) HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Southern African leaders resolved Wednesday to extend for another year the presence of regional troops deployed to fight rebels in conflict-torn ...

The Dangote Petroleum Refinery has begun the export of refined petroleum products to neighbouring West African countries, a sign to traders that the mega-refinery’s operations could soon ...

A £6,000 sculpture designed to imitate the tiny sea snail has been attacked by local residents who say it instead looks like a "giant poo emoji". People are being encouraged to visit the ...

A new James Cook University study using artificial intelligence to analyze the structure of cone snail venom has had mixed results—but points to a bright future for AI in the field of biological ...

Some in Cape Town awoke on Sunday morning to an extraordinary and surreal spectacle: a massive humpback whale embarking on an unlikely and final journey, as it was transported from Hout Bay through ...

South African police have guarded the site’s entrance ... South Africa was once an industrial mineral mining giant that employed thousands of people from neighbouring countries.