Powerful and majestic, the king of the beasts has no natural predators. But unthinkably, African lion numbers have plummeted by over 40% in the last three generations, due to loss of living space and ...
A new World Bank report shows that poverty in Africa may be lower than current estimates suggest and no systematic increase in inequality, given the available data Challenges remain substantial: more ...
A winter attempt on a Karakoram giant passed unnoticed until one of the climbers, Yanick Ueltschi of Switzerland, contacted ExplorersWeb to report on his midwinter expedition to Batura I (7,795m).