Onchocerciasis, or river blindness, is spread via the filarial parasite Onchocerca volvulus transmitted through blackflies.

The common hippopotamus can spend up to 16 hours a day immersed in rivers and lakes. Lumbering out of the water at night, these herbivores graze on tropical grasses and consume 80 to 100 pounds in one ...

Explore how Africa’s colonial borders still shape politics, conflicts, and identities across the continent today.

Name of the Project Two Rivers Merensky project. Location On the eastern limb of the Bushveld Complex, about 35 km south-west of Burgersfort, in Mpumalanga, South Africa. Project Owner/s Two Rivers is ...

The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross is a six-part documentary series written and presented by prominent Harvard University professor, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Each episode contains an in-depth ...