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The Sahara Desert Isn’t As Sandy As You Think It Islarge sand dunes against a blue sky

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The Sahara Desert Isn’t As Sandy As You Think It Islarge sand dunes against a blue sky
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The Sahara Desert Isn’t As Sandy As You Think It Is

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You Have Heard Of Timbuktu, But Do You Know Where It Is?An illustration of Timbuktu published in the France travel journal "Le Tourdu Monde" in 1860.

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You Have Heard Of Timbuktu, But Do You Know Where It Is?An illustration of Timbuktu published in the France travel journal "Le Tourdu Monde" in 1860.
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You Have Heard Of Timbuktu, But Do You Know Where It Is?

clock-iconFebruary 27, 2025
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Untold Chapter Of Humans Revealed By 150,000-Year-Old Tools In African RainforestPart of a human-made tool discovered at Bété I in Côte d’Ivoire, West Africa.

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Untold Chapter Of Humans Revealed By 150,000-Year-Old Tools In African RainforestPart of a human-made tool discovered at Bété I in Côte d’Ivoire, West Africa.
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Untold Chapter Of Humans Revealed By 150,000-Year-Old Tools In African Rainforest

clock-iconFebruary 26, 2025
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An "Unknown Disease" Has Killed 143 People In Democratic Republic Of CongoA map of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Africa.

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An "Unknown Disease" Has Killed 143 People In Democratic Republic Of CongoA map of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Africa.
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An "Unknown Disease" Has Killed 143 People In Democratic Republic Of Congo

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Just One Country On Earth Sits Entirely Above An Altitude Of 1,000 MetersSani Pass is a mountain pass located border of South Africa and Lesotho.

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Just One Country On Earth Sits Entirely Above An Altitude Of 1,000 MetersSani Pass is a mountain pass located border of South Africa and Lesotho.
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Just One Country On Earth Sits Entirely Above An Altitude Of 1,000 Meters

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Do Wolves Pollinate? Large Carnivores Seen Slurping On Nectar For First TimeAn Ethiopian wolf (Canis simensis) with its muzzle covered in pollen after feeding on the nectar of the red hot poker (Kniphofia foliosa).

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Do Wolves Pollinate? Large Carnivores Seen Slurping On Nectar For First TimeAn Ethiopian wolf (Canis simensis) with its muzzle covered in pollen after feeding on the nectar of the red hot poker (Kniphofia foliosa).
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Do Wolves Pollinate? Large Carnivores Seen Slurping On Nectar For First Time

clock-iconNovember 25, 2024
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Where Is The Ancestral Homeland Of All Living Humans?Illustration of an early human leaving a cave into the orange sunset.

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Where Is The Ancestral Homeland Of All Living Humans?Illustration of an early human leaving a cave into the orange sunset.
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Where Is The Ancestral Homeland Of All Living Humans?

clock-iconNovember 21, 2024
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Africa’s Most Endangered Carnivore Has Been Around For Over 1 Million YearsClose up of endangered Ethiopian wolf (Canis simensis) - canid native to the Ethiopian Highlands, Bale mountains, Ethiopia.

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Africa’s Most Endangered Carnivore Has Been Around For Over 1 Million YearsClose up of endangered Ethiopian wolf (Canis simensis) - canid native to the Ethiopian Highlands, Bale mountains, Ethiopia.
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Africa’s Most Endangered Carnivore Has Been Around For Over 1 Million Years

clock-iconNovember 18, 2024
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The Mediterranean Sea May Vanish Someday, Just As It Did BeforeThe Almalfi coat of Italy along the Mediterranean Sea, with beautiful architecture and sunset.

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The Mediterranean Sea May Vanish Someday, Just As It Did BeforeThe Almalfi coat of Italy along the Mediterranean Sea, with beautiful architecture and sunset.
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The Mediterranean Sea May Vanish Someday, Just As It Did Before

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Laetoli Footprints: A 3.6 Million-Year-Old Stroll Revealed Early Human Evolutionary HistoryTest-pit L8 at Laetoli Site S, another set of footprints at the site unearthed in 2015.

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Laetoli Footprints: A 3.6 Million-Year-Old Stroll Revealed Early Human Evolutionary HistoryTest-pit L8 at Laetoli Site S, another set of footprints at the site unearthed in 2015.
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Laetoli Footprints: A 3.6 Million-Year-Old Stroll Revealed Early Human Evolutionary History

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Africa's Lion Cavern Hosts The World's Oldest Ochre Mine, Dated At 48,000 Years OldAn aerial view of the remaining intact portions of Lion Cavern, Ngwenya iron ore complex in northwest Eswatini.

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Africa's Lion Cavern Hosts The World's Oldest Ochre Mine, Dated At 48,000 Years OldAn aerial view of the remaining intact portions of Lion Cavern, Ngwenya iron ore complex in northwest Eswatini.
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Africa's Lion Cavern Hosts The World's Oldest Ochre Mine, Dated At 48,000 Years Old

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Africa Is Splitting In Half: Tectonic Forces Of Earth May Create A New Ocean In AfricaAn astronaut onboard the ISS captured this shot of the Red Sea and East Africa at dusk in December 2014.

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Africa Is Splitting In Half: Tectonic Forces Of Earth May Create A New Ocean In AfricaAn astronaut onboard the ISS captured this shot of the Red Sea and East Africa at dusk in December 2014.
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Africa Is Splitting In Half: Tectonic Forces Of Earth May Create A New Ocean In Africa

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Want Modern Proof Of Evolution? Look At The Elephants Of MozambiqueAn African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana) proudly displays its tusks at a watering hole.

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Want Modern Proof Of Evolution? Look At The Elephants Of MozambiqueAn African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana) proudly displays its tusks at a watering hole.
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Want Modern Proof Of Evolution? Look At The Elephants Of Mozambique

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At 123 Years Old, Henry Is The World's Oldest Known Crocodile – And He's An Absolute Unitlargest Nile crocodile in the world intense olive green color 6 meters long pale yellow back large fangs 300 teeth underwater eyes reptile robust tail sunbathing

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At 123 Years Old, Henry Is The World's Oldest Known Crocodile – And He's An Absolute Unitlargest Nile crocodile in the world intense olive green color 6 meters long pale yellow back large fangs 300 teeth underwater eyes reptile robust tail sunbathing
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At 123 Years Old, Henry Is The World's Oldest Known Crocodile – And He's An Absolute Unit

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Africa's First Ever Dugong Tagging Project Hopes To Save Population From ExtinctionA dugong is alongside a boat in the sea while people wearing wetsuits attach a tag to the tail.

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Africa's First Ever Dugong Tagging Project Hopes To Save Population From ExtinctionA dugong is alongside a boat in the sea while people wearing wetsuits attach a tag to the tail.
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Africa's First Ever Dugong Tagging Project Hopes To Save Population From Extinction

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