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Plant libraries hold essential clues about climate change -- but with funding cuts aimed at research and education, their future is at stake.

So many romances explore what we'd do for love — but as summer heats up we're bringing you three heroines who'd do a lot for love, and even more to keep their business ventures going.

South Africa's ruling African National Congress faces its most competitive electoral challenge since the end of apartheid in 1994.

South Africa's cricket and rugby teams have reached top spots in their sports under the leadership of Black captains. Fans are united in a nation still grappling with the legacy of racial division.

Bio-char is gaining traction as a regenerative agriculture technique that could improve soil while sequestering carbon. But cost and education are still barriers to more widespread use on farms.

A deadly fire in an apartment block in Johannesburg, South Africa, has raised questions about the grip of gangs who illegally occupy and sell off space in empty buildings with squalid conditions.

Husband and wife researchers Salim Abdool Karim and Quarraisha Abdool Karim were named winners of the Lasker Award for public service in recognition for their groundbreaking research on HIV.

Abortion advocates in Michigan had a major setback this week. Voters enshrined abortion rights in the constitution last November, but figuring out what those rights mean has become a battle.

University of Colorado football coach Deion Sanders announced he got a new bladder this week as part of his cancer treatment. Here's how doctors construct a new bladder from a patient's small intestine.

In Miami, poems are popping up on sidewalks, in photo booths and even on a billboard. It's part of a campaign to ensure every person in Miami encounters a poem during the month of April.