Moving, tragic, surprising, inspiring, terrifying, shocking... This is a selection of images from our planet, over the past week.

Agriculture CS Mutahi Kagwe declared domesticated water buffalo a food animal. Experts argue that the gazette notice may mean the animals have been imported.

Researchers have uncovered the origins and genetic diversity of the Fulani, one of Africa's largest pastoral populations. The ...

Similarly, most living things produce records of their own existence in layered body tissues – often in the form of daily or ...

Charity workers were left "shocked" after finding a python abandoned outside a block of flats. The metre-long (3ft) snake was ...

South Africa has submitted more than 50 species to the Red List of threatened species every year for the past three years from the Richtersveld region alone due to expanding diamond mining, ongoing ...

Sam Nujoma, the fiery freedom fighter who led Namibia to independence from apartheid South Africa in 1990 and served as its ...

Malcolm X (Malik Shabazz) was grounded in African American folklore. He was fond of animal metaphors. His most famous analogy was the fox and wolf. Malik saw the fox as ...

On March 1 and 2, New West Symphony (NWS) continues a celebration of its 30th Anniversary season with Orff's epic Carmina ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The oldest rhinoceros in the United States has died at a Tennessee zoo. Dolly was 56 years old.

Looking for something to do this weekend while you're waiting for the Big Game? Here's what's happening around the metro.