Tests on dead Cape fur seals in South Africa have shown some had rabies. Scientists say they believe it's the first evidence ...

Voice of a forest, the red-eared monkey is the most abundant of Bioko Island’s 11 primate species. At least 12,000 years of isolation from mainland Africa has helped produce a one-of-a-kind ...

Like many other islands, it has white-sand beaches and clear, turquoise waters. Despite its distance from mainland Africa and Asia, its tourism sector is bustling, with dozens of beachfront resorts.

Five of the world’s seven species of marine turtles come to the islands of São Tomé and Príncipe, in Africa’s Gulf of Guinea, ...

A woman has died following a shark attack in the Atlantic Ocean near the Canary Islands, a Spanish archipelago off the ...

Conservationists said Saturday that they plan to bomb a remote South African island with tons of pesticide-laced pellets to kill mice that are eating albatrosses and other seabirds alive.

When completed, the bridge connecting mainland Tanzania with the island of Zanzibar will be the longest in Africa at over 31 ...

The islands were hit by cyclone Favio in 2007 ... indices for environmental health are higher than in most other West Africa countries. People are hardworking and entrepreneurial, but they ...

Calm seas and gentle winds associated with the late summer in the Atlantic Ocean off Western Africa has prompted a renewed ...

In a bid to protect one of the world's most crucial seabird populations, conservationists have announced a bold plan to eradicate invasive mice from Marion Island, a remote South African territory ...

The Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization have launched a continent-wide ...