... frogs while conducting fieldwork in the central African nation of Cameroon. When he picked up one of the hulking ... Blackburn examined museum specimens of 63 African frog species. He noticed that in 11 ...
... undernourished people by 40 percent.
"A strong commitment to agricultural development by both African nations and the international community could lead fairly quickly to a more food-secure Africa," ...
African nations could turn the demand for their natural resources currently driving deforestation and other destruction into a force for higher returns from sustainable development, WWF has said today ...
African nations must not only bring industry and activists to the table, but also follow up on their report, says an editorial in Nature.
African science is unlikely to be prioritised at next month's G8 meeting but the fault also rests with African nations, say critics.
As African nations heat up, many could use maize varieties cultivated in hotter nations. Not so for a band of countries in the Sahel.
As African nations are poised to undergo the highest increase in the rate of tobacco use among developing countries, nearly 90 percent of people on the continent remain without meaningful protection ...
Michigan State University physician Terrie Taylor studies cerebral malaria in Malawi where the vast majority of malaria patients are children. And, in order to get a closer look at the damage malaria ...
... research into a product that can be field tested in at least two African nations by 2010. Funded by more than $12.1 million in grants from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the group ...
... within three months of each other, live in urban areas, and if one or both are of sub-Saharan African nationality, there is a 56 percent chance that the two cases will lead to a large outbreak of TB, ...
... lowland gorillas, which occur in seven Central African nations, at less than 100,000. Since ... Government of Congo has committed to creating a new national park in the Ntokou-Pikounda region.
"We knew ...
... virus (HIV) cases in the world and, as in the U.S. and many African nations, the rate of infection among women ... Public Health, analyzed data from the India National Family Health Survey conducted across ...
Successes follow intensive drive to protect people from disease, World Health Organisation says
African nations should heed scientific advice when deciding on climate change issues, says a scientist at a symposium in Africa.
... Pouliot, however, the simple act of grabbing a quick bite at an outdoor eatery in Ouagadougou, the capital of the African nation of Burkina Faso, had profound implications for her life and health...