For the first time, a human has been infected with the Shamonda virus, according to French officials. The World Health Organization says broader transmission is unlikely.

In this archival feature, life flows at the pace of a dugout canoe as National Geographic charts a journey along this great ...

In Mauritania there is a train journey that is legendary for being so brutal on the body and spirit that few can make it to the end of the line. Open box cars full of iron ore dust, freezing nights ...

French reports said the man in his 60s was severely immunocompromised when he died in early October. World Health ...

Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) has been confirmed in kudu at Addo Elephant National Park, where red hartebeest and eland are ...

The 17-year-old was born in London, developed in Luxembourg then switched back to play for England. Those who know him tell ...

There's something magical about knowing information that serves absolutely no purpose and still brings immense joy. Random ...

"Idiosyncratic" has been bandied about occasionally over recent decades as various global debt crises erupted. It's code for "someone else's problem - nothing to see here in the land of the world's ...

It can be disorienting. And totally sublime.

The virus, which is transmitted by insect bites, has passed from cattle to humans for the first time ...

Valtteri Bottas has revealed the details of an incident-packed 418km bike ride between Malaysia and Singapore ...

The all-conquering Proteas, who just weeks earlier had ascended to No. 1 in the ICC’s Test rankings after a stunning 2-1 win over Australia to break a 15-year unbeaten streak in home series, were ...