Four tarantulas discovered in Arabia and Africa form a new genus, Satyrex, distinguished by males with unusually long palps ...

By Pat OnukwuliAcross many African societies, the emergence of a traditional ruler is never merely ceremonial. It marks a ...

The Avars rose as a dominant ethnic group in Europe, where their conflicts with the Byzantine Empire reshaped the landscape of the Balkans.

Septimius Severus was capable by turns of savagery, cunning, wit and generosity. He was always blessed with a sense of the ...

Atlanta author Elene Catrakilis’ debut novel, Under an African Sky (Belvedere House, March 10) takes place in Johannesburg, South Africa, during the end of apartheid, following two middle-aged women ...