Stretching from the Moroccan coast to Tunisia, the Atlas Mountains form a natural barrier between the Mediterranean world and ...

The Drakensberg is a vast mountain range rising from deep gorges and rivers that stretches more than 950 kilometers along the border of South Africa and Lesotho. The Drakensberg is a vast mountain ...

An international study found that intact tropical mountain (or montane) forests in Africa store around 150 tons of carbon per hectare. This means that keeping a hectare of forest standing saves CO2 ...

As the novel coronavirus continues to wreak havoc across the world, conservationists and wildlife experts are raising concerns that the illness could pose a threat to mammals other than humans. The ...

A new international study highlights the severity of climate change impacts across African mountains, how farmers are adapting, and the barriers they face -- findings relevant to people living in ...

There are only about 950 mountain gorillas left on Earth. Habitat loss, poaching and disease have made them one of the most endangered animals alive. But, as we first reported last fall, their numbers ...

There wasn’t a hint of exhaustion on Ryan Sandes’ face during a recent CNN interview with the decorated ultra-athlete in his Cape Town home. You’d never guess he had recently returned from an epic ...