Under heavy sanctions following its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia stepped up its courting of African governments with offers of military cooperation, weapons, grain and fertilizers. It’s also ...

African penguins are running out of room to hunt. As industrial fishing fleets sweep through the same coastal waters, the ...

During years of scarce fish, African penguins crowd into the same areas as commercial fishing vessels, heightening ...

LAMBERT'S BAY, South Africa – The boats line up along the jetty, bobbing in the cold south Atlantic waters, to bring in the day's catch in the early afternoon. The long, thin silver snoek fish is one ...

Despite the efforts of many of the 34 coastal African nations, one in four fish is still caught illegally. — The illicit trade in the marine resources of West Africa is estimated to cost the region ...

African waters have been contributing to the global supply of fish for years, with three of the four most productive marine ecosystems in the world near the continent. African countries’ Exclusive ...

To my right, the first shafts of daylight spread across the bush as the sun climbed above the Lebombo Mountains. A slope-shouldered hyena shuffled toward his lair after an active night. It was ...

Researchers tracked data for the African penguins across the southwest coast of Africa and found a worrisome decline in their ...

A South African court order issued Tuesday barred for at least 10 years commercial fishing at key breeding colonies for African penguins that are facing extinction in part because of threats to their ...

"Drone fishing" is a relatively recent innovation in the use of unmanned aerial vehicles. Some recreational anglers are using personal drones to fly baited lines into hard-to-reach areas of water, or ...

Industrial fleets from countries around the world have been increasingly fishing in African waters, but with climate change and increasing pollution threatening Africa's fish stocks, there is a ...