When I was a college teacher, I frequently asked my students to identify a psychological discovery that took them completely by surprise, a finding they never would have predicted in advance. This ...

South Africa's marine realm is globally unique because of the two major ocean currents that meet here. The cold, slow-moving Benguela and the warm, fast-flowing Agulhas currents create a special ...

South Africa plans to expand oil and gas operations, with recent approvals for TotalEnergies' drilling activities. The country aims to reduce coal reliance, which currently powers 80% of its energy, ...

French oil major Total has made a second significant gas condensate discovery off the coast of South Africa, an important ...

Discoveries from a subterranean cave system in South Africa are prompting paleoanthropologists to rethink what makes us human. New findings reveal a small-brained human relative known as Homo naledi ...

A sawfish, a species thought to have vanished from South African waters for decades, was recently found washed up on a beach ...