Rwanda, Morocco, Mauritius, and seven other African countries emerged as the continent’s top performers in the 2025 World Bank business environment rankings, demonstrating notable progress in ...

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If you don't know what an African Painted Dog looks like, you're in for cuteness overload. The Saint Louis Zoo recently ...

A new list of threatened mammals in South Africa, Lesotho and Eswatini shows that 11 more species have edged closer to extinction since 2016. Those that have joined the International Union for the ...

For almost two decades, scientists have debated whether sponges or comb jellies are the first animal lineage. Now some are ...

Education First (EF), a global leader in culturally immersive education, has released the 2025 edition of its EF English Proficiency Index (EF EPI), ranking adult English language skills across 123 ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. When scientists finally measured the most powerful bite ...