Image: Algae swirls across a South African reservoir

On clear days in Hartbeespoort, South Africa, satellite images often reveal a reservoir with shades of deep blue interrupted ...

South Africa Wildfires: Mossel Bay And Hartenbos Fires Trigger Evacuations in Aalwyndal, Island View and Vakansieplaas

Two vegetation fires are burning in the Mossel Bay area, with one between Little Brak River and Hartenbos and a second near the N2 at KwaNonqaba spreading toward Aalwyndal amid windy, dry conditions.

Ancient African bedrock reveals the violent beginnings of life on our blue planet

You have probably seen the images of the surface of Mars, beamed back by NASA's rovers. What if there were a time machine ...
KWKT - FOX 44

Deck your garden with boughs of holly

No doubt you’ve seen your share of hollies this month — in wreaths and boughs or perhaps on holiday cards and catalog covers. But are they growing in your garden?
News24

Christmas in a war zone: ‘No joy here,’ say South Africans trapped in Russia

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Times-Standard

As California delays ‘zone zero’ wildfire protection rules, study finds clearing vegetation prevented home damage in LA fires

As California again delays controversial rules requiring homeowners in fire-prone areas to maintain a 5-foot “ember-resistant” zone around their houses, a new report finds that properties that were ...
The New York Times

Six U.N. Peacekeepers Killed in Drone Strike in Sudanese Battle Zone

The strike on a United Nations base in the southern Kordofan region was the deadliest single episode for the body’s personnel in Sudan’s civil war. By Declan Walsh Reporting from Nairobi, Kenya Six ...